Fr. Trevor Burfitt preaches on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity May 30 at Our Lady of the Angels Church in Arcadia, Calif. Father Burfitt won his lawsuit challenging California’s restrictions on in-person worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: YouTube / Our Lady of the Angels) The state of California will never again be able to target Our Lady of the Angels Church with a ban on Holy Mass due to COVID-19 under a permanent injunction in a priest’s lawsuit against California Gov. Gavin C. Newsom. Fr. Trevor Burfitt of the Society of St. Pius X, and the Thomas More Society sued Newsom in September 2020, challenging the state’s ban on indoor worship as a violation of constitutionally protected freedom of religion. California Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp issued a temporary injunction against California’s COVID restrictions on Dec. 10, 2020. A permanent injunction signed by Judge Pulskamp on May 27 bars the state from ever imposing discriminatory restrictions on houses of worship in an effort to control COVID-19. The