In a property dispute stemming from a rift with the Episcopal Church of America, the attorney for All Saints Anglican Church urged New York\u2019s Court of Appeals Tuesday to set aside a previous decision from a lower court that essentially allowed the removal of the congregation from its longtime church building at 759 Winona Blvd. in Irondequoit.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a case that might not be settled until it gets to the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
During court proceedings Tuesday, parish attorney Eugene Van Voorhis argued that secular state law \u201d\u201d and not ecclesiastical canon \u201d\u201d should govern the transfer of property in New York.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of the funds that bought the church, built the church, bought the land \u201d\u201d all was donated by parishioners,\u201d\u009d Van Voorhis said in court. \u201cThis has to do with legal principles … It has nothing to do with doctrinal disputes.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n