Judge orders church to turn over property to Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

St. Luke's Anglican Church in La Crescenta broke away from the Episcopal Church in 2006 in a dispute over biblical authority and interpretation, including consecration of an openly gay bishop.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Wednesday ordered leaders of a former Episcopal church in La Crescenta to turn over church property by Oct. 12 to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, marking the latest wrinkle in a long-running legal dispute.

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