BLAUDZIUNAS v. EGAN

598, 102183/08.

74 A.D.3d 697 (2010)

905 N.Y.S.2d 45

MINDAUGAS BLAUDZIUNAS et al., Appellants, v. EDWARD CARDINAL EGAN et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 29, 2010.


Within the hierarchical Roman Catholic Church, the decision to demolish the church building of the subject suppressed incorporated parish, duly made by the Archbishop and the trustees of the parish in accordance with applicable canon law and church bylaws, was ecclesiastical in nature. We adhere "to the long-standing and sensible prohibition against court involvement in the governance and administration of a hierarchical church" (Committee to Save St. Brigid's Inc. v Egan...

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