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The trustees of a breakaway Anglican group are filing an appeal after a Superior Court ruling rejected the group's bid to take over St. Aidan's Church.
Ontario Superior Court Justice T.D. Little ruled last week that the church and a financial trust belonging to the parish must remain with the Anglican diocese of Huron.
In the last few years the diocese and breakaway parishioners have operated under a split arrangement, allowing them to worship in the church.
Within hours of the decision, the Diocese of Huron changed the locks on the building and asked the breakaway group to remove all personal belongings, Cathy Knight, a leader of the group, said in a statement Sunday.
Rev. Tom Carman, rector of St. Aidan's, said the breakaway group was "astounded by this unnecessarily hasty and harsh action, expecially since they have little need for the building for their small congregation.
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