Irondequoit church granted appeal for land
Stephanie Veale
Staff writer

(January 16, 2008) — All Saints Anglican Church in Irondequoit has another chance to argue that it should keep what it believes is its property.

New York state's highest appellate court, the Court of Appeals, agreed Tuesday to hear the case between the congregation and the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester following the church's request to appeal earlier decisions issued at the state Supreme Court and Appellate Division levels.

The Court of Appeals is expected to hear the case sometime this year.

The church, formerly known as All Saints Protestant Episcopal Church, has been fighting to hold on to property at 759 Winona Blvd. since the diocese ousted the church more than two years ago. The congregation disagreed with the diocese over the larger body's support of the ordination of a gay bishop in New Hampshire in 2003. the rest