From the Denver Post-A civil trial to determine ownership of the multimillion-dollar Grace Church and St. Stephen's Parish property on Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Springs begins today in El Paso County District Court.
In March 2007, Grace pastor Don Armstrong and a majority of his congregation decided to leave the Episcopal Church to affiliate instead with the more conservative Convocation of Anglicans in North America.
Armstrong and his followers retained possession of the church buildings, but both the breakaway congregation and the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado claim ownership of the landmark church property, for which the insurance-replacement value is $17 million.
The trial is expected to last weeks.
The fight is one of more than 50 property disputes across the country involving former Episcopal congregations and their former dioceses.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11667061
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