From LA-The St. Mary of the Angels Church, 4510 Finley Ave., remains locked down while a battle rages internally and through the courts, whether its rector Father Christopher Kelley has been fired and must vacate the property and his position of five years.
Kelley and a small group of sympathizers have ensconced themselves in the rectory—the church’s living quarters—and in the church basement. According to court documents, Kelley has hired a security guard to protect the property.
Meanwhile, another small band of parishioners, who maintain Kelley has been fired, remain in the church sanctuary and its offices.
Kelley, according to a letter from the Vestry—which is an Anglican Church’s governing body—and filed as part of court proceedings with the Los Angeles Superior Court, was fired by the church’s Vestry Dec. 10th, 2011.
The letter cited the reasons for Kelley’s removal including a “breakdown of honest communication;” an “unwillingness to address actual and/or perceived financial irregularities” and a “lack of transparency over budgetary concerns raised by the Vestry.” At the time, the Vestry offered Kelley a severance of $21,800.
But Kelley refused.
Complicating matters, the parish voted overwhelmingly in January to leave the Anglican Church and align with the Roman Catholic Church.
More here-
http://www.losfelizledger.com/2012/06/bizarre-standoff-at-st-mary’s-church/
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