Virginia Anglican Churches Praise Fairfax Judge Ruling on Contracts Clause

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[Anglican District of Virginia] 20 Aug 2008--The 11 Virginia Anglican congregations suedby The Episcopal Church (TEC) and the Diocese of Virginia responded to theFairfax County Circuit Court ruling issued today concerning the ContractsClause and the assertion by TEC and the Diocese that the 11 Anglicancongregations waived their right to invoke the Virginia Division Statute.Judge Randy Bellows ruled that TEC and the Diocese failed to timely asserttheir claim that the 11 Anglican congregations contracted around or waivedtheir right to invoke the Division Statute. In addition, the judged ruledthat the Division Statute does not violate the contracts clause provisionsof the U.S. and Virginia Constitutions as applied to these properties. Therulings can be found at www.anglicandistrictofvirginia.org. Today’s rulingsmean that there are only a small number of issues remaining to be decided atthe October trial, and the 11 Anglican congregations are hopeful that theycan be resolved quickly.

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