2 jailed for illegally bulldozing someone else's land to build a church

[Ian David]

2 get jail for illegal church
BY KERRY CAVANAUGH, Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 03/21/2007 10:26:50 PM PDT

There was a gasp, then a hushed cheer in the courtroom Wednesday as the wife of a controversial pastor put her hands behind her back and was led to jail.

Charged with illegally bulldozing a hillside to build a church, Ohk Sun Park was arrested in Van Nuys Superior Court after a commissioner ruled that she and her husband, Pastor Won C. Park, had done little to fix a dangerous environmental problem they created in La Tuna Canyon.

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"We couldn't be happier they're going to jail," said Paula Gustafson-Carter, whose family owns land damaged by the Parks and is now caught in a legal morass.

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Over two years, the Parks and their corporation, Praise the Lord in Holy Service, graded the hillside flat, filled in a canyon, built a 1,600-square-foot church and lived in it - all without permits.

They also plowed a 40-foot-wide road through their neighbors' property to let Cingular Wireless access a cell phone tower on church-owned land - again without permission or permits.

More:
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5491561

Upon YOUR rock I build this church?

[malaise]

1. They must have Rethug connections

or how did this happen?

[zbdent]

2. but they were found guilty ...

what Rethug connections they had must be really lousy ones ...

[Cobalt Violet]

3. How do these people get so dumb?

:wtf:

[LiberalFighter]

4. I hope Cingular loses their case. Wrong for Cingular...

to demand access across private land to a tower.

[Canuckistanian]

5. How in hell did this happen?

Do they not have a permit system in L.A.? There should have been a court injunction preventing any contractors from doing work until the matter was settled.

And Cingular was extremely stupid using that easement without determining if they really had permission.

Seems to me like they'll lose that battle.