Breakaway Anglicans Ask Court to Dismiss Episcopal Church's Property Suit
A month after calling for dismissal of the state diocese's lawsuit over property rights, breakaway Anglican churches filed their responses to the national church's suit asking the court for its dismissal.
Lillian Kwon Correspondent
Thursday, Apr. 20, 2007

A month after calling for dismissal of the state diocese's lawsuit over property rights, breakaway Anglican churches filed their responses to the national church's suit asking the court for its dismissal.

The Diocese of Virginia had filed lawsuit earlier this year to secure the properties of 11 Anglican churches - including two of the largest in the state - which voted to break from the diocese and the Episcopal Church. The national body joined the diocese in the property battle when it filed a complaint in February.

The breakaway churches and all of the individually-named defendants asked the court on Wednesday to dismiss the Episcopal Church's suit, which they have called "un-Christian," for failure to state any claims on which relief could be granted. the rest