Ruling awards $81K to church
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles must pay legal fees to Newport's St. James, judge says.
By Lauren Vane, Daily Pilot

An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles must pay more than $81,000 in legal fees to St. James Church, the Newport Beach congregation that split from the diocese over a dispute about church doctrine.

The same judge, David Velasquez, ruled Aug. 15 to dismiss a lawsuit against St. James Church's congregation that claimed the Newport Beach breakaway church's property and assets belong to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.

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