The battle over church property is an ecumenical attack on the orthodox
By David Anderson
Special to The Layman Online
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Within the Episcopal Church, there is an ongoing story of litigation, most of which is filed by revisionist diocesan bishops and directed against churches wishing to leave the Episcopal Church.

Stacy Sauls, bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, chairs a committee concerned with how to deal with property issues in the Episcopal Church, and how to fight against the "horrible" American Anglican Council and Anglican Communion Network.

It turns out that the Episcopal Church, in the spirit of ecumenism, is secretly working with the Presbyterians, who have been at this a little longer than the Episcopal Church has. In fact, a small group of Presbyterian leaders and attorneys worked out a detailed strategy on how to defeat any local Presbyterian church that tried to leave with its property. The secret Presbyterian plan made the leaked Via Media USA "Day After" plan, penned by Joan Gundersen in 2005, sound like child's play. the rest