From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): On August 23, US District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Schmel ruled that the property of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ and other hold out landowners who live in the path of the Atlantic … Continued
The Cornfield Chapel on the proposed path of the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline is expected to be seized without warning at any moment in the next month or two. The Adorers of the Blood of Christ, the nuns that own the … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): We’re all on tenterhooks awaiting US District Judge Schmel’s decision on whether the Adorer’s land–and that of other hold-out residents–can be seized by Williams for construction of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline. The hearing ended on … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): A week has now passed since the “quick take” hearings drew to a close for five Lancaster County landowners in Reading, Pennsylvania. Through this process, Williams is seeking to take immediate possession of land from … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): Image: The Adorers pray before Thursday’s hearing resumes, Sister Martha, Sister Bernice, Sister George Ann, Sister Joan and Sister Linda. Photo by Lancaster Online’s Richard Hertzler. This past week, five Lancaster County landowners, including the … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/07/17/block-pipeline-nuns-court-defend-cornfield-chapel Published on Monday, July 17, 2017 by Common Dreams ‘We’re not looking for money. We want to preserve this land.’ By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Supporters of the nuns’ fight to protect their farmland from the pipeline … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): Just last week, Williams took the Sisters to federal court seeking permission to deploy US Marshals to prevent this ceremony from taking place. They lost that case, and our local community responded with a resounding … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): On Sunday afternoon more than 300 residents stood with Catholic sisters to dedicate an outdoor Prayer Arbor planted directly in the path of a fracked-gas pipeline. Williams corporation intends to seize the Sisters’ land against … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): Lancaster Against Pipelines has partnered with a local community of Catholic Sisters, the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, to keep the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline off their property. Together we’ve built an outdoor Chapel, directly … Continued