Canada: Settlement in Anglican Church court battle

May 31, 2012

Three parishes of the Anglican Network in Canada, including Oakville’s St. Hilda’s, have reached a negotiated settlement with the Anglican Church of Canada’s Diocese of Niagara, resolving a five-year legal dispute.

The Diocese of Niagara had been pursuing legal action against the parishes of St. George’s in Burlington, St. Hilda’s in Oakville and the Church of Good Shepherd in St. Catharines — and against individual leaders of the parishes — after the three parishes voted to part ways with the Anglican Church of Canada’s Diocese of Niagara in February 2008.

The standoff had been years in the making and stemmed from the belief of many followers that the Anglican Church of Canada had lost touch with the true Anglican faith.

The church’s decision to bless same-sex marriage was cited by some as the last straw. the rest