Judge rules church property subject to bankruptcy settlement

OregonLive.com ^ | 12/30/2005 | WILLIAM McCALL

[zzen01]

This is what happens when a demonination does not police themselves, the Government has too.

[brainstem223]

Shame on the bishops who were accessories to these terrible crimes..

[packrat35]

Isn't this completely opposite of a recent ruling following the Anglican Church where breakaway churchs were declared the owners of the property-NOT the national.

[SoDak]

Yeah, because it's the parishioners who are now being made to suffer for those crimes.

[GSlob]

"This is what happens when a demonination does not police themselves"
Good and creative language use. Thanks for a smile.

[JoeFromSidney]

So now we have a judge deciding on the internal organizational structure of a church. First Amendment, anyone?

[COBOL2Java]

When I first heard this, my first thought was "Good!"

The best way to focus an administrator's attention is to hit him in the pocketbook. If this means the Bishop has to wind up living in a trailer park, then so be it. Let it be a lesson for future leaders of the church that you don't ignore something as heinous as this, or try to sweep it under the rug.

[Joe Boucher]

Blew right past that one, thanks.

[Clemenza]

Couldn't have happenned to a nicer bunch of degenerates.

Feel bad for the Parishioners though.

[zzen01]

Spell Check is MY friend!

[Poison Pill]

"First Amendment, anyone?"

How does ruling on the ownership of a building deny the free exercise of religion?

[TXBSAFH]

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[Salvation]

**However, Perris left open the question of whether the sale of individual church properties could pose an unfair burden on the practice of religion under the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act of 1993.**

Does anyone know anything about this?

[GSlob]

Why, sometimes unintentional misspellings uncover for us the most deep and profound truths. BTW, it should have been "demoniation", without the second "n" for increased clarity.

[TXBSAFH]

You are welcome.

[zzen01]

Na, I am just a lousy speller and typist, nothing more.

[GSlob]

So am I and almost everyone else. But when there is a smile coming out of it, it is to be enjoyed and cherished.