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	Church School Not Liable for Alerting Parents of Fired Coach’s Ban from Campus November 2022	Invasion of Privacy
	Pastor Who Revealed Child’s Suicide During a Funeral Sermon Can’t Be Sued May 2022	Invasion of Privacy; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Youth Pastor Sentenced to Up to 12 Years for Secretly Video Recording Four Girls May 2021	Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Pastor Allowed to Testify at a Man’s Sexual Abuse Trial March 2021	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Appellate Court: Age Discrimination Claim Against Church May Proceed September 2019	Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Court Barred by the Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine from Resolving a Pastor's Employment Dispute September/October 2018	Clergy - Discipline and Removal; Employment Practices
	Court Not Barred by First Amendment’s Religion Clauses in Donor’s Designated Contribution Claim May/June 2018	Breach of Contract; Charitable Contributions
	Court Says Ecclesiastical Abstention Prevents Ruling on Student’s Denied Admission to Religious School January/February 2017	Schools
	Lutheran Minister's Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed Due to 'Ministerial Exception' November/December 2016	Clergy - Discipline and Removal
	Michigan Court Rules ‘Ecclesiastical Abstention’ Bars It from Resolving Church Dispute by Interpreting Polity July/August 2016	Clergy - Discipline and Removal; Fraud
	Ladders, Licensees, and Liability September/October 2015	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Clergy-Penitent Privilege Protects Pastor July/August 2014	Child Abuse Reporting
	Religious Discrimination May/June 2012	Breach of Contract
	Can a Denomination Be Held Responsible for a Pastor's Sexual Misconduct? May/June 2012	Denominations - Legal Liability; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Woman Trips Over Parking Lot Speed Bump September/October 2011	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Termination of a "Whistleblower" March/April 2011	Clergy - Removal
	Church Preschool Sued for Failing to Accommodate Autistic Child November/December 2009	Schools
	The Ministerial Exception and Disability Discrimination September/October 2009	Clergy - Removal; Schools
	Church Barred from Suing Insurer July/August 2009	Insurance
	Land Use Regulations September/October 2007	Church Property; Zoning
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