[Magdalen] SC Supreme Court has ruled on church property

[Renee Rutkowski]

The court split the baby!

Chickens&$@s!   And bad law.

Renee

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> On Apr 20, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
> Ginga,
> 
> Am I dreaming it or did you once observe that the sheer size of St Paul's buildings could be a\ money-pit that swallows the church's energy rather than the people being able to preach the Gospel in word and action?
> 
> Roger
> 
>> On 20/04/2022 18:03, Ginga Wilder wrote:
>> I don't know who is still hanging out in this pub, but I do remember in
>> years gone by, some have been quite interested in the litigation re:
>> Episcopal Church property in the Diocese of SC.
>> 
>> There is plainly too much to regurgitate here.  This is a split decision.
>> 
>>    - St. Paul's, Summerville, my home parish, is one of 15 parishes that
>>    the court has given to the breakaway diocese.  (I have not read these
>>    details yet.)
>>    - Another 14 churches are returned to The Episcopal Church.
>>    - St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center is returned to The
>>    Episcopal Church.
>>    - Ancient documents and designations, i.e. the diocesan shield, records,
>>    emblems, etc. are returned to The Episcopal Diocese.
>> 
>> You may read the decision here:
>> https://www.sccourts.org/opinions/HTMLFiles/SC/28095.pdf
>> 
>> Historian Ron Caldwell  has blogged since the earliest days of the schism.
>> You may read his blog here.
>> http://episcopalschismsc.blogspot.com/
>> 
>> Ginga