Post by Joe K on Jul 27, 2012 11:35:49 GMT
A reminder that today is the day of the public meeting at St Eadburgha's Church, in Broadway, at 7:30pm, to discuss the Chancel Repair Liability issue.
(See TiG article)
The following comment may also be worth a read...
Re: CHANCEL REPAIRS An update
I am a serving priest in the Church of England and I will publicly state that I am ASHAMED to be a member of a Church that even CONSIDERS using that piece of medieval highway-robbery, Chancel Repair Liability. That is has been used is WICKEDNESS, and has ruined the lives of many people. This is NOT the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Church could probably not have thought of a worse way to alienate the very people it has a sacred mission to serve. My own parish is considering registering its ability to enforce the liability and you may be assured that I will fight it all the way. Legal opinion states that individual churches have a legal right not to enforce liability (see the Diocese of Gloucester's homepage) so the only reason any church would do so is GREED and desperation. If we cannot keep churches up and running without recourse to this, then we deserve to be closed down.
www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?69167-CHANCEL-REPAIRS-An-update&s=3c5f108395979b8a8102892d1eef7585&p=3271151&viewfull=1#post3271151
One wonders why local churches can't simply state whether or not households in the area are subject to this liability and, if so, which? Then again, with forewarning, I suppose existing owners couldn't get insurance against it, and empty houses would remain unsold. It's a pickle...
(See TiG article)
The following comment may also be worth a read...
Re: CHANCEL REPAIRS An update
I am a serving priest in the Church of England and I will publicly state that I am ASHAMED to be a member of a Church that even CONSIDERS using that piece of medieval highway-robbery, Chancel Repair Liability. That is has been used is WICKEDNESS, and has ruined the lives of many people. This is NOT the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Church could probably not have thought of a worse way to alienate the very people it has a sacred mission to serve. My own parish is considering registering its ability to enforce the liability and you may be assured that I will fight it all the way. Legal opinion states that individual churches have a legal right not to enforce liability (see the Diocese of Gloucester's homepage) so the only reason any church would do so is GREED and desperation. If we cannot keep churches up and running without recourse to this, then we deserve to be closed down.
www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?69167-CHANCEL-REPAIRS-An-update&s=3c5f108395979b8a8102892d1eef7585&p=3271151&viewfull=1#post3271151
One wonders why local churches can't simply state whether or not households in the area are subject to this liability and, if so, which? Then again, with forewarning, I suppose existing owners couldn't get insurance against it, and empty houses would remain unsold. It's a pickle...