Friday, June 01, 2007

Ohio attorney general's office joins lawsuit,says 'PCUSA-style church' must be provided
By Patrick Jean Staff Writer
The Layman Online
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

The Ohio attorney general's office has sided with Eastminster Presbytery in a lawsuit brought against it by a church seeking to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA) with its property.

The response filed by Attorney General Marc Dann seeks a summary judgment declaring that Hudson Presbyterian Church in Hudson, Ohio, holds all of its property and assets in a charitable trust that must "provide the public with a PCUSA-style church with the attendant community benefits of such a church."

The summary judgment, Dann argues, also should declare that Hudson Presbyterian Church "may not apply the corpus of that trust for a purpose that is inconsistent with the purpose of providing the public with a PCUSA-style church." Dann also requests that a court-appointed receiver administer the trust until a new trustee is appointed because Hudson Presbyterian Church "can no longer serve as trustee over that trust property."

The attorney general's response filing "lacks any merit" and is "unsupportable and ridiculous," argues the church's attorney, Forrest A. Norman III of Hudson, Ohio, in a reply brief.
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