On December 19, 2010. I blogged about the decision in Bentley et al. v. Anglican Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster et al. In this case, the British Columbia Court of Appeal found that parish assets are held by the Anglican parish corporations in trust for the purpose of “Anglican ministry”. Specifically, the trust to is to further Anglican ministry in accordance with ...
On December 12, 2010, the trustees of four dissident parishes within the Anglican Church of Canada (the “ACC”) announced that they will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to hear their appeal from the decision that the lands and buildings used by those parishes are held in trust for the ACC. Effectively, this decision means that those congregations must vacant their lands ...
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