Judge says Katy Perry may have to wait years to buy hilltop LA convent

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Perry, 30, for several years has wanted to buy the eight-acre convent
Some of the nuns don't want Perry to buy their former LA home
The property is in the middle of a legal fight between a group of elderly nuns and the archbishop

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 23:02 EST, 30 July 2015 | Updated: 17:38 EST, 31 July 2015

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Katy Perry's dream of owning a hilltop convent near Hollywood will have to wait a while longer.

Perry, 30, for several years has wanted to buy the eight-acre convent to be her personal residence but the property is in the middle of a legal fight between a group of elderly nuns and the archbishop of Los Angeles over who has control of the sale and its proceeds.

Some of the nuns don't want Perry to buy their former home and in June hastily sold the convent to a businesswoman with ambitions of turning it into a boutique hotel.

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Convent purchase: Katy Perry, shown last month in Italy, will have to wait if she wants to buy a Los Angeles convent as a judge on Thursday indicated a legal battle over the property may take years to resolve

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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant said on Thursday that he believes the sale to entrepreneur Dana Hollister was invalid.

The judge however blocked Perry and representatives of the archdiocese from visiting the convent until after the court case is resolved.

That could take months, if not years, the judge said.

Hilltop property: The Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary have owned the property near Hollywood for decades

'You're not selling to Katy Perry anytime soon,' the judge told lawyers for the archbishop.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez wants to sell the convent to Perry, but the sale cannot go forward because Hollister has already registered a deed for the property.

The Roman villa-style convent sits in the Los Feliz neighborhood close to Hollywood.

Perry's involvement as well as infighting between the nuns and archbishop packed the courtroom with journalists, concerned residents, Hollister and two of the nuns.

Judge and lawyers weigh in on Katy Perry property battle

Contested property: The Los Angeles Archdiocese and the nuns are in court over who has control of the sale and its proceeds

Chalfant's mixed ruling requires Hollister to pay $25,000 a month to the nuns until a September hearing, when he will determine who should pay rent on the property while the court battle is waged.

An attorney for Perry, who performed her hit Roar at this year's Super Bowl halftime show, said the singer would pay rent on the property.

With a pair of nuns watching in the audience, Chalfant said it appeared they had acted improperly when they sold the convent to Hollister in June.

Katy Perry takes on nuns in a bid to buy LA former convent

Media frenzy: Sisters Catherin Rose Holzman, left, and Rita Callahn left the courthouse on Thursday with restaurateur Dana Hollister

'There is no doubt in my mind sale to defendant Hollister was improper and invalid,' the judge said.

The Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary have owned the property for more than 40 years, but they haven't lived in the convent for several years.

Only five sisters, ranging from 77 to 88, remain, and their order has bickered with the archbishop for years on various issues.

Pop star: Perry, shown in May in Indonesia, wants to make the former convent her personal residence

Chalfant said the case boiled down to control and ruled that the dispute should be governed by church, not civil laws. But at one point he chided the archbishop's lawyers over the church's treatment of the sisters.

'They don't need your help, so long as you let them have their own money,' Chalfant said, drawing cheers from the audience.

Bernard Resser, an attorney for the sisters, said after the hearing that the judge seemed to recognize the nuns' concerns about their welfare.

Gospel roots: Perry, shown on Sunday at a benefit concert in Minnesota, started out singing gospel music

'The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary have shown great courage in maintaining their independence and have demonstrated they are self-sufficient and capable of conducting their own affairs,' Resser wrote in a statement.

The property was bestowed to them by a devout Catholic who wanted the nuns to keep him in their prayers.

Before it was a convent, the property was a private residence, rarely photographed, and few people have ever seen it up close.

Long case: The nuns' sale of the house to Hollister was deemed invalid by the judge

'It's really a beautiful, old Hollywood estate,' said Adrian Glick Kudler, senior editor of the real estate blog Curbed LA.

Perry, whose parents are protestant ministers, has agreed to pay $14.5 million for the convent and to relocate an adjoining house of prayer used by priests.

Hollister has agreed to pay $15.5 million, with $5.5 million dedicated to relocating the prayer house.

In May, at the archbishop's request, the nuns met with Perry to see if a compromise could be worked out. At least two of the five surviving nuns - who had already searched for Perry's music videos and weren't pleased with what they saw - weren't swayed by the meeting.

Perry's bid to purchase the convent still requires the Vatican's approval.