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	Defendant's Meeting with Pastor Was Not for Spiritual Advice October 2020	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Murder Suspect's Statements to Church Employee Not Privileged September/October 2018	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	First Amendment Religion Clauses Prohibit Court from Resolving Confidential Communications Claim May/June 2018	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	National, Regional Denominational Agencies Not Legally Responsible for Child’s Brain Damage Incurred at Affiliated Church March/April 2017	Denominations - Legal Liability; Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Louisiana Court Affirms Decade Sentence for Church Volunteer Convicted of Molestation July/August 2016	Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Church School May Have Violated Dismissed Teacher's Rights under Family and Medical Leave Act March/April 2016	Employment Practices
	Church Deacon Secretly Records Teenage Girls in His Bathroom January/February 2015	Invasion of Privacy; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Church Board Guilty of Defamation January/February 2015	Defamation
	Priest Not a Mandatory Reporter in Child Abuse Case September/October 2014	Child Abuse Reporting
	Discriminating Against Obese Employees July/August 2012	Employment Practices
	Vicarious Liability March/April 2012	Denominations - Legal Liability
	Court Resolves Lawsuit Addressing Pastor's Financial Mismanagement September/October 2011	Clergy - Removal
	Adding Defendants to a Lawsuit March/April 2011	Fraud
	Malicious Statements March/April 2010	Defamation
	Church Member's Defamation Suit Dismissed September/October 2009	Defamation
	Restraining Orders July/August 2007	Marriage
	Monetary Awards for Injury Lawsuits July/August 2007	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Confidential and Privileged Communications January/February 2006	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Church Treasurer Sentenced to Six Years at Hard Labor October 2005
	Arbitration September/October 2002	Arbitration
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