Episcopalians Debate Property Issues
Bishop John Howe and diocesan churches may struggle over property.
By Cary McMullen
Ledger Religion Editor

The Episcopal Church has had heated public disputes about the role of gays over the past several years. Now the battles are shifting from theology to more practical and secular grounds - property, money and the specter of lawsuits.

Parishes in California and Virginia, disgruntled by the national church's leniency toward gays in leadership roles, are seeking to leave the denomination while holding on to their buildings and property, a move resisted by diocesan and national church leaders. the rest