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	A Church’s Insurer Was Not Obligated to Provide a Legal Defense for Congregant Facing a Lawsuit May 2022	Defamation
	Court Rejects Ministry’s Claim That It Is Exempt from All Taxes and Regulation October 2021	Tax Exemption
	Pastor Guilty of Securities Fraud March 2021	Fraud
	Woman Could Sue Her Former High School for Negligent Supervision in Abuse Claim June 2020	Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Teachers at a Religious Preschool Not Considered Ministers March 2020	Employment Practices
	Clergy-Penitent Privilege Not Applicable to a Conversation with a Church Elder March/April 2019	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Church Not Obligated to Return Undesignated Contributions January/February 2019	Charitable Contributions
	Church Not Responsible for Pedestrian Accident Near Premises November/December 2018	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Court Ruled a University Has a Duty to Protect Others from Foreseeable Violence September/October 2018	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Provisions in Decedent’s Will Could Be Reformed by Recourse Based on Religious Charities’ Extrinsic Evidence July/August 2017	Wills, Trusts, and Estates
	Pastor’s Confession of Embezzlement Admissible Due to Lack of Coercion January/February 2017
	California Court Rejects Religious School’s Motion to Dismiss Disability Discrimination Claim July/August 2016	Employment Practices
	Privacy on Church Devices July/August 2015	Invasion of Privacy
	Court Applies "Ministerial Exception" to Church Discrimination Case November/December 2012	Denominations - Legal Liability; Employment Practices; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Ascending Liability Claims May/June 2011	Denominations - Legal Liability
	Caught on Camera September 2010
	Protection of Charitable Donations November/December 2009	Bankruptcy; Charitable Contributions
	Dismissing a Minister for Wrongdoing July/August 2009	Clergy - Removal; Employment Practices
	Whistleblower Protections for Church Employees March/April 2009	Employment Practices
	Church Disaffiliation Property Dispute January/February 2008	Church Property
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