California Supreme Court
Jan. 7, 2009
Justices Rule That Los Angeles Episcopal Diocese Owns Parish Property
When worshippers in a parish split from the mother church, who keeps the steeple? In the case of breakaway Newport Beach conservative Episcopalians upset over the ordination of a gay bishop in New Hampshire, the California Supreme Court decided Monday that the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles still owns the dissidents’ church property.
Daily Journal Staff Writer When worshippers in a parish split from the mother church, who keeps the steeple? In the case of breakaway Newport Beach conservative Episcopalians upset over the ordination of a gay bishop in New Hampshire, the California Supreme Court decided Monday that the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles still owns the dissidents' church property. The St. James Church property on Newport Beach's Balboa Penin...
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