Episcopal Church (local) sues Walmart

[Haruo]

Intriguing article in Forbes: . What first caught my interest, though, was the description of the parish as "wealthy" because of diocesan property: "[Trinity Church]’s also extravagantly wealthy, as far as Episcopalian churches go, thanks to the 215 acres England’s Queen Anne donated to the diocese in 1705, when the area was farmland. Trinity has sold most of that land over the years but remains one of Manhattan’s largest landowners. It estimates the value of its assets at over $2 billion." However much the Episcopal Church may be shrinking, surely this is not the only church in the diocese (though it may have been when the queen made the donation). So if the land is the diocese's, how does the church get away with selling it off?

But also might as well talk about the merits of the suit etc.

[Tim Bonney]

[Ed Pettibone]