A decision from the High Court on whether to hear the case is expected Monday.
“If they take up that appeal, he instructed both legal counsel to contact him because he will then revisit our stay because right now, the stay of the judgment against us is in place until the 12th,” Holman said.
If the case is taken up, it could mean even more leeway for the Anglican congregation.
“So we are actually hoping that the Supreme Court will take up St. James’ appeal and that we will continue to reside here and worship here until that legal issue is resolved,” he said.
The congregation split in February 2006 and pledged allegiance with the Anglican Province of Uganda. They remained at St. Luke’s, arguing the property belonged to them, not the Episcopal Diocese.
In 2003, the now-Anglican parish began eliminating references to the Episcopal Church in their bylaws after an openly gay man was ordained as a bishop in New Hampshire earlier that year, though the congregation did not split from the church until 2006.
That year, the Episcopal Diocese sued St. Luke’s congregation after it joined the Anglican Province of Uganda.
On June 9, a state appellate court issued a ruling that upheld a Los Angeles Superior Court ruling in 2007 that the Episcopal Diocese had the right to restore the church to its authority after the current congregation severed ties.
Throughout the legal battle, the Anglican congregation created contingency plans.
Seventh Day Adventist Church on Vallejo Drive in Glendale has offered up its facility to hold services on Sundays and other church- related events, Hollman said.
