Canada: Breakaway Anglicans unhappy with court decision

Hunt on for new site
By Dave Battagello
The Windsor Star
August 18, 2011

A leader of a breakaway Anglican group expressed disappointment Wednesday with a Superior Court ruling which rejected the group's bid to take over St. Aidan's Church.

But the former parishioners are already looking for a new site to continue services, said Cathy Knight.

Ontario Superior Court Justice T.D. Little ruled the church and a financial trust belonging to the parish must remain with the Anglican diocese of Huron.

More than 100 parishioners at the east-end church voted in 2008 to break away from the Anglican Church of Canada and join the more conservative Anglican Network in Canada. A battle over scriptural interpretation, including disagreements about same-sex marriage, was at the heart of the rift. the rest