L.A. Dong San Church Corp. v. Moon CA2/2

BACKGROUND—THE FACTION CONTROL CASE

Respondents are former attorneys for Young Chun Park (Pastor Park), Mee Young Koba, and Eric Soo Chul Kang. Respondents represented Pastor Park, Koba and Kang (sometimes referred to as the withdrawing faction) in a prior lawsuit (the faction control case) in which the withdrawing faction purported to represent LADSC and further purported to withdraw LADSC from the Korean Methodist Church (KMC) and the Korean Methodist Church of the Americas (KMCA).1 The initial March 2017 complaint in the faction control case was filed by LADSC against Pastor Park, alleging causes of action for declaratory relief, breach of fiduciary duty, accounting,

“KMC is a hierarchical religious organization formed in the late 1800’s but formally established as an entity in 1930. KMC has grown over the years to have 6,000 local member churches globally. The organization of KMC is based on the Wesleyan faith. “The global organization is divided into geographical regions. KMCA represents one of the geographical regions. It covers the North American territories, part of Mexico, and part of Canada.” (Los Angeles Dong San Church Corp. v. Park (July 15, 2020, B292605,…