Southern Midlands Mayor Tony Bisdee standing out from of the St. Mary’s Church in Kempton that is earmarked to be sold as part of the Redress scheme. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

UPDATED: TASMANIAN Treasurer Peter Gutwein will meet Anglican Church leaders to clarify “a range of matters” after constituents raised concerns about a fire sale of church assets.

Tasmania’s Anglican Diocese wants to sell dozens of historic churches to help fund millions of dollars in redress for survivors of child sexual abuse under a plan that has many rural people worried about the impact on small communities.

The church body plans to sell more than 100 properties, including 76 churches plus halls, houses and blocks of land, with about a quarter of the proceeds earmarked for redress.

The full list will be made public after the church’s Synod in June. It will then be open for community consultation, with a final list decided in December.

“I want to understand on what basis the properties will be sold and how cemeteries specifically will be dealt with,” Mr Gutwein told reporters today.

Tasmania is yet to join NSW, Victoria and the ACT in joining the national redress scheme that stemmed from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

“We’re working through this matter and we’ll have more to say in coming weeks,” Mr Gutwein said.

“I’m hopeful we’ll be able to make a positive announcement.

“Tasmania as a jurisdiction is in a different position to most jurisdictions as we’ve already run a state-based scheme.

“We need to work through those matters, as well as the national scheme at the same time.”

EARLIER: TASMANIA’S rural communities are reacting with shock at plans to put historic churches on the market as part of the Anglican Church’s fire sale of assets.

Southern Midlands Mayor Tony Bisdee said eight of the nine churches in his municipality had been earmarked for sale, including the convict-built St James’ Church at Jericho and St Mary’s at Kempton — which still holds services once a month.

The “rural cathedral” at Bothwell is also on the list.

Only St Peter’s at Oatlands will remain.

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“I understand there needs to be rationalisation but the community is a bit shocked. They are not just buildings to us, they are a big part of the community’s history,” Cr Bisdee said.

Anglican Bishop of Tasmania Richard Condie releasing a preliminary list of properties to be considered for sale as part of the national redress scheme. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

“I am sure community groups could be set up to maintain the properties, but it is unlikely funds could be raised to buy the churches.”

The church says a quarter of the money raised through the sale of 108 properties across the state will go towards the national redress scheme to compensate victims of childhood sexual abuse.

The Dioceson Council will makes its final decision in December on which properties will be sold.

Talkback radio in Tasmania was flooded with call from parishioners and community members upset by the sale plans.

There was also much discussion on social media about the fire sale, including the news that St Martin’s church in Queenstown could be put on the market.

A Queenstown resident said 50 per cent of the funerals in the West Coast town were held at St Martin’s.

People in Evandale were also shocked St Andrew’s — where their parents, grandparents and themselves were christened — could go under the hammer.

St. Stephen’s on Sandy Bay Rd is another of the Anglican Church’s properties being considered for sale. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

THE FULL LIST

All Saints Church and Hall, Melton Mowbray, 9-11 Blackwell Rd

All Souls Church Cemetery, Patersonia, 896 Patersonia Rd

Christ Church, Burial Ground and Parsonage, Illawarra Illawarra Rd

Church of the Ascension Hall, Lilydale, 25 Station Rd

Glebe land, Buckland, Duke St

Holy Trinity Church, Beaconsfield 175 Weld St

Rectory, Margate, 113 Beach Rd

Rental Property, 9 Coolabah Rd, Sandy Bay

Saleyards, Deloraine, 9 East Westbury Place

St Albans Church Burial Ground, Koonya, 496 Nubeena Rd

St Andrews Assistants House, Lenah Valley, 13 Sharps Rd

St Andrews Church Hall, Lenah Valley, 224 Lenah Valley Rd

St Andrews Church and Hall, Evandale, 6 High St

St Annes Church and Hall, Lutana, 27 Ashbolt Cres

St Augustines Church, Macquarie Plains, 388 Gordon River Rd

St Barnabas Church and Hall, South Arm, 3337 South Arm Road

St Bartholomews Church, Forest, 502 Mengha Rd

St Georges Church Cemetery, Gagebrook, Briggs Rd

St Georges Church Hall, Moriarty, 45 Hermitage Lane

St Georges Church, Mathinna, 4 Dunn St

St James Church Hall, Northdown, Port Sorell Rd

St James Church and Hall, Montagu Bay Loinah Road

St James Church, Colebrook, 7 Richmond St

St James Church, Jericho, Jericho Rd

St James the Less Church, Osterley, 79 Church Rd

St John Quamby Cottage, Ryans Rd, Spring Beach

St John The Baptist Church, Buckland, Duke St

St John the Baptist Church, Ouse, Bridge Hotel Rd

St John the Evangelist Church, Lower Marshes, 1404 Lower Marshes Rd

St Johns Church Cemetery, Franklin, 3328 Huon Hwy

St Johns Church Cemetery, Plenty, 930 Glenora Rd

St Johns Church, Ross, 11 Church St

St Johns Church, Snug, 11 Frost St

St Johns Rental Rectory, New Town, St Johns Ave

St Lukes Church Hall, Latrobe, 21 Hamilton St

St Lukes Church, Judbury, 1282 Glen Huon Rd

St Lukes Rectory Church St, Richmond

St Marks Chapel of Ease, Bellerive, 31 Queen St

St Marks Rectory, Cygnet, 22 George St

St Martins Church Hall, Chigwell, 2-4 Junee St

St Martins Church, Dunalley, 116 Arthur Highway

St Martins Church, Shed Rectory, Queenstown, 41-43 Driffield St

St Marys Church, Rectory, Triabunna, 1 Franklin St

St Marys Church, Gretna, 31 Church Rd

St Marys Church, Hall Burial Ground, Kempton, 122 Main Road

St Marys Hall, Gretna, 3548 Lyell Hwy

St Matthias Church, Windermere, 431 Windermere Rd

St Matthias Church, Woodsdale, 2265 Woodsdale Rd

St Michael All Angels Church, Parish Room, Craft Room and Vestry, Bothwell, 2 Market Place

St Michaels All Angels Church, Pyengana, 280057 Tasman Highway

St Michaels Church Play Centre, Bagdad, 42 School Rd

St Olaves Church, Stony Rise, 200 Stony Rise Rd

St Oswalds Church, Tunbridge, 90 Main Road

St Pauls Church Hall, East Devonport, 15 Thomas St

St Pauls Church Hall, Stanley, 37-39 Church St

St Peters Church Rectory, and vacant block, Fingal, 2 Talbot St

St Peters Church, Blackmans Bay, 19-23 Pearsall Ave

St Peters Church, Hall and Cemetery, Hamilton, 11 Ponsonby St

St Peters Church, Hall and Rectory, St Leonards, 315 St Leonards Rd

St Raphael’s Church, Fern Tree, 725 Huon Rd

St Saviour Church, Hall Cemetery, Meander, 143 Main Rd

St Simons St Judes Church, Woodbridge, 3468 Channel Hwy

St Stephens Church Hall, Sandy Bay, 520 Sandy Bay Rd

St Thomas Church Cemetery, Tea Tree, 940 Middle Tea Tree Rd

St Thomas Church, Avoca, Falmouth St

St Thomas Hall (Post Office), Avoca, Falmouth St

Vacant Land, Avoca, 2 Arthur St

Vacant Land, Elizabeth Town, Lot 7 Bass Highway

Vacant Land, Fingal, Gray St

Vacant Land, Gagebrook, Lot 786 Briggs Rd

Vacant Land, Gagebrook, Lot 785 Briggs Rd

Vacant Land, Gormanston, Lot 2 Linda, Lyell Highway

Vacant land, Kempton, Main Street

Vacant Land, Lebrina, Lisle Rd

Vacant Land, Pontville, Kimberley St

Vacant Land, Rosebery, Baker St

Vacant Land, Triabunna, 10 Victoria St