36 Reasons to say NO - Part One - Legal
Since the new Bishop of Truro, the Rt Rev David Williams, published proposals for pastoral reorganisation in Kerrier deanery, west Cornwall, last month we have received many questions from people who are concerned about the plan and would like to know how to object. This pastoral reorganisation, with its proposal for 23 churches under one rural dean, has attracted negative attention both locally and nationally. Here are three dozen reasons why large groupings of parishes are unnecessary and unwelcome... These come under four headings. The first: Legal. A paper by Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent Summary: The Pastoral Reorganisation Code of Practice is a gold mine of the rights of PCCs. Read it and use it! And do not give up your PCC, otherwise you will not have any of these rights. Dioceses have to operate within the law. Changing a whole diocese to Minster Communities or other la...