sentences:  In 1987 Poetchkes, with the advice of parish lawyers, claimed that the plot has been abandoned (i.e.the last owner is unknown, or had perished), despite being in contact with the Drillichs; he then sold half the plot and transferred the other half to the Church.In 2016, following a lengthy legal battle, a three judge panel found the Church had acted in bad faith and had no legal rights to the property.