{"id":16808,"date":"2014-04-04T12:09:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=16808"},"modified":"2014-04-08T10:34:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T14:34:58","slug":"charity-property-dispute-case-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2014\/04\/04\/charity-property-dispute-case-an-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity Property Dispute Case: An Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/derek\/2013\/09\/30\/ontarios-highest-court-decides-church-property-dispute\/\" target=\"_blank\">previous post<\/a>, I explored the Ontario Court of Appeal&#8217;s decision in\u00a0<em>Delicata, et al\u00a0v.<\/em>\u00a0<em>Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>That case\u00a0dealt with the question of ownership of charitable assets after a local church congregation parted ways with its Diocese, pursuant to &#8220;profound and long-standing theological differences.&#8221;<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada <a title=\"Supreme Court of Canada  JUDGMENTS IN LEAVE APPLICATIONS\" href=\"http:\/\/scc-csc.lexum.com\/scc-csc\/news\/en\/item\/4564\/index.do\" target=\"_blank\">dismissed an application seeking leave to appeal that decision<\/a>.\u00a0This leaves the <a title=\"Delicata v. 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