Judge Rules No Court Order Prohibits Indoor Worship, Attorneys Say; LA County Asks To Sanction Grace Community Church Up To $20,000 CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled that there is no court order in place that prohibits a San Fernando Valley megachurch from holding indoor worship services, attorneys said Thursday.
Jenna Ellis, an attorney for the Thomas More Society, which is representing pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, said Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff correctly found there is no court order prohibiting Grace Community Church from holding indoor services.
We are pleased with the outcome today, said Ellis, who said the county continues to harass and target Pastor MacArthur. Having failed to get a court order to shut down the church they have sought three times, they re going to try again by hauling us back into court.