Crystal Cathedral Congregation Fails in Last-Minute Attempt to Keep Church Building
Some congregation members of the Crystal Cathedral Ministries have failed in their last-minute attempt to keep the signature Garden Grove, Calif., property by claiming a 99-year lease, as the Santa Ana bankruptcy court ordered Monday to proceed with the sale to a Catholic Diocese.
In an unexpected twist to the story of the long bankruptcy suit of the famous ministry that launched the first televangelical show, "The Hour of Power," members of the congregation board launched in late January an attempt to block the sale of the signature glass building at an eleventh hour, The Orange County Register reports.
On Jan. 25 members of the church apparently asserted the existence of a 99-year lease that the congregation was to hold. If the existence of such lease was proven, it could potentially halt the sale. But the U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kwan rejected the claims Monday for lack of sufficient...