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Commission on Church Buildings tells Church to sort out redundant properties

Proposing the report of the Church of Ireland’s Commission on Church Buildings, the Very Rev Thomas Moore (Clogher) urged the Representative Body to sort out a range of problems associated with unused church buildings.

He warned that the current remit of the Commission was too narrow and ignored issues associated with graveyards.

“I would ask the RCB and the Committee to widen their remit or give some serious thought to the increasing problem that could in itself become a hazard and a danger just as serious as an old church building that has been left to decay and fall down of its own accord,” he told the Synod.

Dean Moore urged parishes with redundant walled structures to approach the Commission for assistance and to sort out any problems before they become a “millstone”.

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