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In Re St Mary the Virgin, Hurley: ConC 26 Jan 2001

When the court considered an application for exhumation of the body for its reburial abroad, the court could make allowance for the need for comity between nations. The deceased was a national hero in Brazil, and the local parish did not oppose the faculty request. The same principles applied whether the interment was in a churchyard or within the Church. The need for comity in this circumstance was persuasive to establish a good and proper reason for the ground of the faculty. The body would be reinterred in consecrated ground.

Citations:

Times 26-Jan-2001

Citing:

AppliedIn Re Christ Church, Alsager CC 22-Oct-1998
Examination of proper reasons for exhumation and re-interment were subject to what would be acceptable among right thinking members of the church at large. Delay would reduce chances of successful application. Mistake only sometimes a good reason. . .
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Ecclesiastical

Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.82201

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