Three days of testimony in the ecclesiastical disciplinary hearing for Diocese of Los Angeles Bishop J. Jon Bruno ended here March 30 without a resolution.
Church Attorney Raymond “Jerry” Coughlan, appointed to represent the Episcopal Church, and Diocese of Los Angeles Chancellor Richard Zevnik did not make oral closing statements. They will submit written briefs for the Hearing Panel to consider before making its decision.
“I have no idea how long our decision will take but there are other canonical processes involved that could mean this could go on for a while,” Diocese of Southern Virginia Bishop Herman Hollerith IV, president of the Hearing Panel, told spectators at the end of the session. “This is not going to be something that is going to happen before Easter.”
The allegations detailed at the hearing stem from Bruno’s behavior during and after his unsuccessful 2015 attempt to sell St. James the Great Episcopal Church in Newport Beach to a condominium developer for $15 million. Members of the church initially filed the disciplinary complaint against him.
More here-
http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2017/03/31/disciplinary-hearing-for-los-angeles-bruno-concludes-without-decision/
LA Times-
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-0331-bishop-trial-20170330-story.html
O.C. Register-
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/day-748102-episcopal-bruno.html
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