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Soho Center for Arts & Education v. Church of Saint Anthony of Padua

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 18, 1989PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ross, J.

This appeal involves the application of Religious Corporations Law § 12 to the purported lease of church property.

The Church of Saint Anthony of Padua (Saint Anthony) is an incorporated church of the Archdiocese of New York, and it is the owner of real property (premises), which is located at 143 Thompson Street, New York County.

Late in 1982, Ms. Jeanna Gollobin, who was president of the Soho Center For Arts and Education (Soho), met with Father Paul Rotondi, who was then Pastor of the Shrine Church of Saint Anthony, 154 Sullivan Street, New York County, to discuss…

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