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George Regas, progressive crusader and longtime rector of All Saints in Pasadena, dies at 90
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George Regas, left, rector emeritus of All Saints Church in Pasadena, meets with then-Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in 2006. (Anacleto Rapping / Los Angeles Times)
George Regas, a longtime rector of All Saints Church in Pasadena and pioneering crusader for progressive causes who opposed the Vietnam War and embraced gay marriage, died Sunday. He was 90.
Regas died at his Pasadena home after an infection not related to the coronavirus, according to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
When Regas, a native of Tennessee who was raised in the Greek Orthodox church, arrived in Pasadena in 1967, All Saints was a far cry from the liberal bastion it later became. ....

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