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The Protestant Episcopal Church v. Truro Church

No. 090682Supreme Court of Virginia

090682 The Protestant Episcopal Church v. Truro Church 06/10/2010 In a church property dispute involving a Virginia diocese of an international protestant church, the United States province of that church, and…

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090682 The Protestant Episcopal Church v. Truro Church 06/10/2010 In a church property dispute involving a Virginia diocese of an…

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Supreme Court of Virginia
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October 4, 2026
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June 10, 2010
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090682 The Protestant Episcopal Church v. Truro Church 06/10/2010 In a church property dispute involving a Virginia diocese of an international protestant church, the United States province of that church, and a number of constituent congregations, the circuit court erred in granting orders permitting the congregations to occupy and control real property held in trust after voting to disaffiliate from the Virginia diocese and to affiliate with a mission within a different province of the international protestant church under Code § 57-9(A). While the congregations established that there was a division within the church to which they had been attached as required by the statute, they failed…

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    Granted

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    090682 The Protestant Episcopal Church v. Truro Church 06/10/2010 In a church property dispute involving a Virginia diocese of an international protestant church, the United States province of that church, and a number of constituent congregations, the circuit court erred in granting orders permitting the congregations to occupy and control real property held in trust after voting to disaffiliate from the Virginia diocese and to affiliate with a mission within a different province of the international protestant church under Code § 57-9(A). While the congregations established that there was a division within the church to which they had been attached as required by the statute, they failed…

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