The court properly found that the disposition of the church property and funds at issue were matters within defendant's ecclesiastical authority and, accordingly, that the relief sought by plaintiffs, i.e., an order mandating that the funds in question be used to restore the subject property for use as a church, would impermissibly involve the court in the governance and administration of a hierarchical church (see Serbian Eastern
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COMMITTEE TO SAVE ST. BRIGID v. EGAN
30 A.D.3d 356 (2006)
819 N.Y.S.2d 7
COMMITTEE TO SAVE ST. BRIGID et al., Appellants, v. EDWARD CARDINAL EGAN, as Cardinal of the Archdiocese of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
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June 29, 2006.
June 29, 2006.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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