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(LA Times) St. James Anglican congregation moves out after court ruling

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Kendall Harmon

Parishioners from St. James Anglican Church in Newport Beach wiped tears from their eyes as they left the church after its final service, leaving a house of worship filled with memories.

Jim Dale, 63, said he had been attending church at St. James since he was a boy.

“Being in there today, all the memories came flooding back,” he said after services Sunday. “There are so many memories: my Communion, meeting my wife, marrying my wife.

“It all happened here,” he added.

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One comment on “(LA Times) St. James Anglican congregation moves out after court ruling”

  1. Cennydd13 says:
    September 17, 2013 at 9:39 pm

    If the recent rulings against TEC in the dioceses of South Carolina, Fort Worth, and Quincy are any indicator, Bishop Bruno may have to return the property to the people of St James’ Anglican Church…..and quite possibly several others as well.