Canada: Anglican diocese in turmoil
Congregation threatening to split, triggering legal fight over property
Douglas Todd, Canwest News Service
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

VANCOUVER -- The fate of what is described as the largest congregation in the Anglican Church of Canada hangs in the balance tonight.

Members of St. John's Shaughnessy Anglican Church, a neo-Gothic landmark in the heart of the city's wealthiest neighbourhood, are gathering for an expected vote on breaking with Vancouver-area Bishop Michael Ingham over the issue of same-sex blessings and trying to take the church property with them.

Ingham has warned St. John's Shaughnessy that what it is considering is "schismatic." If members of the large parish at the corner of Granville and Nanton try operating under the authority of a South American Anglican bishop or anyone else, Ingham said, they will not be legally able to hold onto the church property. the rest

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