From Long Beach-
Lawyers and congregants for several local Anglican parishes that broke away from the Episcopal Church of the United States will be carefully watching developments in the case of another breakaway church in La Crescenta.
St. Luke's Anglican Church, which lost its property to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in a court dispute after it left the larger church, is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case.
The church has filed a writ asking whether the California courts are violating the United States Constitution.
All Saints Church in Long Beach is one of three Southland Churches that originally broke away from the Episcopal Church in 2004 and remains embroiled in a similar legal dispute.
St. James Church, another of the original three dissident churches, was turned down earlier when it asked the high court to review its case.
At that time, Eric Sohlgren, a lawyer representing both St. James' and St. Luke's, theorized the Supreme Court may have demurred because the St. James case was still in court.
Typically, he said, the high court prefers to consider cases after they have played out at the state level.
St. Luke has already lost its court case and appeal, so the Supreme Court is its last resort.
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