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Issues that affect ministers and churches

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State	Title	Category
	Pastor Who Revealed Child’s Suicide During a Funeral Sermon Can’t Be Sued May 2022	Invasion of Privacy; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Appellate Court: Age Discrimination Claim Against Church May Proceed September 2019	Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Court Barred by First Amendment from Resolving a Dismissed Minister’s Terminated Retirement Benefits November/December 2018	First Amendment; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes; Retirement Plans
	'Ecclesiastical Abstention' Fails to Prevent School Employee's Discrimination Lawsuit November/December 2018	Employment Practices; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes; Schools
	Pastor's Age Discrimination Claim Against a Denominational Agency Was Barred by the "Ministerial Exception." May/June 2018	Breach of Contract; Defamation; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Ministerial Exception Prevents Court from Resolving Discrimination Lawsuit January/February 2018	Employment Practices; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	State Supreme Court Addresses Pastor's Rescinded Resignation September/October 2017	Breach of Contract; Clergy - Removal; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Bars Court from Intervention in Dispute over Church Bylaw Compliance September/October 2017	Church Members; Clergy - Selection; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Church Membership Lawsuit May/June 1997	Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Church Liability for Accounting Irregularities March/April 1997	First Amendment; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes