Legal Opinion
New v. Kroeger
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 21, 2008No. D051120PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NARES, J.
This action arises out of a dispute concerning the governance of St. John’s Parish Church (St. John’s) that is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States (the Episcopal Church), located in Fallbrook, California. The clergy, members of the governing board and a majority group of its members (collectively, defendants) resigned their membership in the Episcopal Church. When they did so, the Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego (San Diego Diocese) determined that the remaining loyalist members of St. John’s Parish (collectively, individual plaintiffs)…
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