Legal Developments
Issues that affect ministers and churches
State | Title | Category |
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Lay Bible Study Leader Successfully Invokes Clergy-Penitent Privilege
| Confidential and Privileged Communications; Counseling | |
Woman Sues Pastor for Divulging Confidential Information
| Church Members; Confidential and Privileged Communications; Counseling; Malpractice | |
Counseling and Clergy Malpractice
| Clergy - Removal; Clergy Malpractice; Counseling | |
Clergy-Penitent Privilege and Confidentiality
| Confidential and Privileged Communications; Counseling | |
Clergy-Penitent Privilege and Observations
| Confidential and Privileged Communications; Counseling | |
Woman Sues Church Elders for Advice She Received
| Counseling | |
Malpractice
| Clergy Malpractice; Counseling | |
Sexual Misconduct by Clergy
| Counseling; Fiduciary Duty; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Husband Sues Church Over Wife's Affair with Minister
| Counseling; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Churches' Liability After Out-of Court Settlements
| Counseling; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Pastor Sued for Disclosing Confidential Information
| Clergy Malpractice; Counseling; Defamation; Invasion of Privacy | |
Church and Pastor Sued Over Child Molestation
| Counseling; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
School's Liability for a Student's Suicide
| Counseling | |
Teacher Seduces High School Student
| Counseling; Schools | |
Counselors' Liability for Counselees' Actions
| Counseling | |
Woman Sues Church Over Molestation by Former Pastor
| Counseling; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Woman Sues Church Over Affair with Pastor
| Clergy Malpractice; Counseling | |
Church Liability for the Sexual Misconduct of Ministers
| Counseling; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Psychologist Loses License for Religious Counseling
| Counseling | |
False Accusations of Child Abuse Are Subject to Legal Recourse
| Counseling | |