From Los Angeles-Parishioners from St. James Anglican Church in Newport Beach wiped tears from their eyes as they exited the church after its final service Sunday, leaving behind a building that housed many memories for them and their families.
Jim Dale, 63, said he has been attending church at St. James since he was a young boy, making the move a particularly difficult one for him.
"Being in there today, all the memories came flooding back," he said. "There are so many memories: my communion, meeting my wife, marrying my wife. It all happened here."
Future St. James church services will be held at Mariner's Christian School in Costa Mesa after an Orange County Superior Court judge granted property ownership rights to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in July.
Judge Kim G. Dunning's ruling ended nine years of litigation following disputes between St. James members and the Episcopal Church about the ordination of a gay bishop and other issues that led to St. James disaffiliating with the Episcopal Church and aligning with the Anglican Church.
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