It's difficult to figure out the story here because neither side is talking to the press.


But the placards I saw near the cemetery in mid-December announcing an upcoming "town meeting" for plot holders piqued my interest ...



"Dispute over Old Tennent Cemetery divides church" - Asbury Park Press, 12/17/06:

"This letter is notice that your continuing refusal to comply with the polity of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Session's orders ... leaves the Administrative Commission with no alternative but to find that you have renounced the jurisdiction of the Presbyterian Church (USA)."

"Therefore, you are being removed from the Membership Rolls of the Old Tennent Church effective with the date of this letter (Dec. 1)."

It may be over a deal with developers. But I'm not sure which side wants to sell.

The group suing the church suggests in the article that the church needs money, perhaps hinting that the church wants to sell. But who'll take the word of the excommunicated who may only be attempting to deflect attention from themselves?