Legal Developments
Issues that affect ministers and churches
State | Title | Category |
---|---|---|
National, Regional Denominational Agencies Not Legally Responsible for Child’s Brain Damage Incurred at Affiliated Church
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities | |
Clarifying When Churches Are and Aren’t Liable for the Actions of Volunteers
| Denominations - Legal Liability | |
Former Scout Leader Sued for Molestation
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Church Not Responsible for Rape of Teenage Girl by Camp Worker
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Boy Scouts Had Legal Duty to Disclose Molestation
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Court Applies "Ministerial Exception" to Church Discrimination Case
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Employment Practices; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Liability for Retirement Fund Losses
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Retirement Plans | |
Can a Denomination Be Held Responsible for a Pastor's Sexual Misconduct?
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Termination of Free Counseling for an Abuse Victim
| Denominations - Legal Liability | |
Legal Liability When a Pension Plan Fails
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Retirement Plans | |
Vicarious Liability
| Denominations - Legal Liability | |
Ascending Liability Claims
| Denominations - Legal Liability | |
Fiduciary Duty and Legal Liability
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Fiduciary Duty | |
YMCA Ordered to Pay "Future Mental Anguish Damages"
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Evidence; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Employer Not Liable for Man's Rape of Coworker
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Evidence; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Reporting Sexual Misconduct to Future Employers
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Evidence; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Evidence of Subsequent Corrective Action
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Evidence; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Youth Pastor Jailed for Sexual Misconduct
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Evidence; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers | |
Defenses to Discrimination Lawsuits
| Clergy - Removal; Denominations - Legal Liability; Employment Practices | |
Sexual Harassment Suit Proceeds Against Local Church, but Not Denomination
| Denominations - Legal Liability; Employment Practices; Sexual Harassment | |