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sell. (These 30 acres and the three structures on the 30 acres
shall be referred to collectively as the subject property.)
Father Stevens also arranged an auction of personal property
inside the buildings, such as the toilet fixtures, to raise money
to pay the debts of the Monks Nonprofit.
Father Stevens began communicating to people in the
community that the subject property was for sale to buyers who
would use it for religious purposes and inquired of a local
convent whether the convent might be interested in purchasing the
subject property. Father Stevens also informed the attorney for
the Monks Nonprofit that the subject property had to be sold.
Father Stevens stated that the subject property should be sold at
a price that would permit all the debts to be paid plus provide a
little seed money for future endeavors. To preserve the
property’s religious purpose, Father Stevens insisted on a
contractual right giving the Monks Nonprofit the first
opportunity to repurchase the land if the purchaser wanted to
resell it.
Father Stevens testified that he did not want the Monks
Nonprofit to sell the property to a buyer that would use it for
nonreligious purposes. He further testified that he would have
caused the Monks Nonprofit to find another way for the Monks
Nonprofit to pay its bills rather than sell the property. Father
Stevens also testified he would have had the Monks Nonprofit give
the property away to a group that would use it for religious
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