Bishop Seabury Church Can't Keep Property

In 2007, the in Groton split from the national Episcopal Church because the local parish disagreed with the appointment of Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the church's first openly gay bishop.

On Friday, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the local church cannot keep its property at 256 North Road, according to the Associated Press.

"While we are all blessed with the right to worship as we choose, the court's ruling joins the many other states that have ruled that those who leave the Episcopal Church cannot take property of the church with them," the diocese said in a press release.
 
Connecticut Bishop Ian T. Douglas said in the release that "this has been a long and difficult process that has taken away from our common witness to the Good News of God in our Savior Jesus Christ. With the decision of the Supreme Court we can now put this matter behind us and once again turn our full attention to the work of proclaiming and making real that Good News in all the world."

What do you think of this decision? Should the 135-year-old parish be allowed to keep the property?