Church land battle over; war still on
The Associated Press

A judge has ruled partly for the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina in a land dispute with All Saints Church of Pawleys Island.

Circuit Judge Thomas W. Cooper Jr. ruled last week that All Saints could continue to occupy 60 acres of disputed land. The church left the Episcopal diocese in 2004.

Cooper said ownership of the land ultimately would have to be decided in Probate Court.

The judge also ruled that the diocese and members of the All Saints faction still aligned with the diocese have name-rights to All Saints Parish Waccamaw and the rights to cash and assets still held by the separatist church.

"The Circuit Court ruled that the diocese and the national church has no interest in the property," said Dan Stacy, senior warden for the separatist All Saints Church.

But representatives for the other side see things differently. The rest