The policy of the parish vestry, as opposed to the squatter group, is that if anything is filmed on church grounds, the script must be approved as appropriate for consecrated space. However, until this shoot, the parish property had not been used for filming in many years. Fr Dodd, of course, had scruples about how his own film portrayals of clergy would be understood. The vestry, I'm told, had been informed in prior years that it could expect about $5,000 per day for such filming, but it did not seek this out.
I took photos only of the parish property along Finley Avenue. I didn't go south on Hillhurst, as the area was still in use for filming, so I didn't photograph the street side or entry door of the former bank building. However, I'm told that the interior of the former bank building was used for buffet food for the cast and crew, and this was visible from the street.
We may gather from this that Mrs Bush wishes to exclude community groups meeting in the building to further the public good, but where money is involved, all bets are off.
The policy of the vestry is to notify all parties who intend to make any payments to the parish of the ongoing legal processes and request that they withhold such payments until the property ownership is fully resolved. My wife suggests that given the fact that the use of the property had not been approved by the vestry, it could be in a position to demand that the footage taken not be used. Especially if the content of the series is inappropriate, this could be the best course.
