PHILADELPHIA:Diocesan Convention Will Seek to Sell Camp without Bishop's Consent
PHILADELPHIA: Diocesan Convention Will Seek to Sell Camp Wapiti without Bishop Bennison's Consent
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 1, 2011
If delegates to the 228th annual Diocesan Convention on November 5 have their way, the $10 million Episcopal albatross hanging around the diocese's neck known as Camp Wapiti that is costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to maintain even as parishes close, will be sold without the consent of its Bishop Charles E. Bennison.
A new Canon 13.5 reads as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of these Canons, (1) The Wapiti Property may be encumbered, unencumbered, sold or otherwise alienated with the joint consent, written or otherwise, of the Standing Committee, the Diocesan Council and the Committee on Finance and Property; (2) the sale, conveyance or mortgage of the Wapiti Property may be undertaken and completed without the consent of the Bishop Diocesan, Charles Bennison; and (3) the proceeds of any such sale or conveyance shall be placed in a temporarily restricted fund and, in accordance with the wishes of Convention and subject to the approval of the Bishop and Standing Committee, shall be used to replenish the funds depleted to purchase and maintain the property (per the Fifth resolve of Resolution R-11 adopted at the 2008 Convention). This Canon 13.5 shall not apply to any Bishop Diocesan other than Charles Bennison, and will become null and void upon the retirement of Bishop Bennison."
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By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 1, 2011
If delegates to the 228th annual Diocesan Convention on November 5 have their way, the $10 million Episcopal albatross hanging around the diocese's neck known as Camp Wapiti that is costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to maintain even as parishes close, will be sold without the consent of its Bishop Charles E. Bennison.A new Canon 13.5 reads as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of these Canons, (1) The Wapiti Property may be encumbered, unencumbered, sold or otherwise alienated with the joint consent, written or otherwise, of the Standing Committee, the Diocesan Council and the Committee on Finance and Property; (2) the sale, conveyance or mortgage of the Wapiti Property may be undertaken and completed without the consent of the Bishop Diocesan, Charles Bennison; and (3) the proceeds of any such sale or conveyance shall be placed in a temporarily restricted fund and, in accordance with the wishes of Convention and subject to the approval of the Bishop and Standing Committee, shall be used to replenish the funds depleted to purchase and maintain the property (per the Fifth resolve of Resolution R-11 adopted at the 2008 Convention). This Canon 13.5 shall not apply to any Bishop Diocesan other than Charles Bennison, and will become null and void upon the retirement of Bishop Bennison."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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