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Originally Posted by madein71
I have given up waiting for this to happen Patangel and I notice that Enmore's page has become more of a memorial.........so tomorrow afternoon I will try the spiritual church at Clovelly
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I should have responded before :
Enmore will not re-open. The original Enmore Spiritualist Church Inc was finally and formally dissolved on 12th March 2013.
The bulk of the remaining funds after legal fees, taxes and administration /liquidation fees were distributed between 4 well known NSW charities whilst a number of local, inter-state & UK Spiritualist Churches were given small grants under the rules of the Constitution of the church.
That decision was taken because of the cost of setting up a new church and given the small attendance at most churches it was felt that it was better to assist the established churches raise their profile.
One cautionary note : a group claiming to be the Enmore Spiritualist Church Inc are still soliciting donations and claiming to be a now defunct and non-existent association.
It comprises of some people who never accepted the results of the NSW Supreme Court decision (or decided that the court orders meant something else). They are being investigated by police for raising funds in the name of a registered charity, opening a bank account in the name if a registered charity and not informing the Administrator of the Church that there were funds in that bank account. Who knows where that will end.
1 person is also being sued for defamation over letters they wrote to a government department about the firm of solicitors that handled the affairs of the church. That will be a long, damaging and expensive process for all involved and as usual, lawyers will be the ones who benefit. Another who was similarly being sued came to an arrangement with that firm by apologising in writing to that the government department and withdrawing their claims. They were not pursued for legal fees.
One unexpected outcome of that is that one of those lawyers based in South Australia is so incensed at that the attempted damage to their career they are contemplating a criminal libel suit in that state whereby a person can be fined and jailed. That's why you have to be so careful when getting involved in legal matters.
Why people do not seek legal advice is a mystery but that's the way it is.
You are advised : always seek professional legal advice
if the name Enmore is even mentioned !!!
Despite that Spiritualism is alive and well.
best wishes.