Cheltenham Township has been in a long-term dispute with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia regarding property taxes incurred by Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
According to their coverage, the dispute began in 2014 when the archdiocese transferred the 200-acre property to a limited liability corporation.
“Church graveyards are typically exempt from property taxes”, The Inquirer said, “but after the cemetery was transferred to the LLC, Montgomery County revoked the exemption and notified Holy Sepulchre it would begin collecting for 2015”…