Judge says Episcopal Diocese can't amend lawsuit
By: SCOTT MARSHALL - Staff Writer
February 1, 2007

VISTA ---- A Superior Court judge Wednesday denied a request from the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego to raise new legal claims in a lawsuit against a Fallbrook church that already had been decided in the church's favor, an attorney for the church said.

Judge Jacqueline Stern's ruling means St. John's Anglican Church, which split from the diocese in July, continues to own the property at which the church meets, continues to meet at that location, and remains governed by the board of directors in place at the time of the split, attorney Eric Sohlgren said.

Stern ruled in November that a "purported election" Aug. 7, 2006, of a new board of directors for part of the congregation that wanted to remain part of the Episcopal Diocese was not valid, leaving the previous governing board in place. the rest