Anglican settlement takes hold

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The Anglican Church in Ottawa will "disestablish" one parish, and some clergy in another parish will depart the diocese as part of a settlement between the church and two breakaway congregations.

In 2008, clergy and congregations at St. Alban's and St. George's churches in downtown Ottawa voted to join the Anglican Network of Canada because of their opposition to the decision of the diocese and the national church to bless same-sex civil unions. On Jan. 16, after months of negotiations, the diocesan council and the two congregations reached an agreement under which the diocese will disestablish the parish of St. George's, and sell the Metcalfe Street property to the Anglican Network for a "substantial sum of money." The property will be renamed once the sale is completed by March 1.

At St. Alban the Martyr on King Edward Avenue, the Anglican Network clergy and those congregation members who wish to join them will depart by July 1.

St. Alban's is the second-oldest Anglican parish in Ottawa, established in 1865. St. George's began in 1885 with the purchase of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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