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Ecclesiastical Case Reports
Re St Anne, Chasetown
(Lichfield Consistory Court: Shand Ch, May 2002)
Introduction of IT training centre–considerations–secular use
The Lichfield Church Urban Fund, supported by the PCC, the Archdeacon and the DAC, sought the introduction of an IT training centre into a church building. Only upon the chancellor being satisfied that the following issues had been adequately addressed did he grant a faculty for such introduction:
(i) the security of the church building;
(ii) whether there would be any interference with the weekday acts of worship in the church; and
(iii) whether the parish would bear an additional financial burden as a result of such introduction.
The chancellor considered that such a secular use of the church building was in no way offensive, scandalous or incompatible with the primary use of the church for worship and that it provided an exciting opportunity for outreach into the community.
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