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	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
	Court May Rule on 'Secular Contract' Between Church and Former Employee November/December 2016	Employment Practices
	Church Narrowly Avoids Liability in Advertising Services of Babysitter Who Later Molested Children November/December 2016	Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Churches' Right to Remove Clergy July/August 2015	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Clergy - Removal
	Exemption of Unemployment Services in the Employ of a Church Doesn't Violate First Amendment January/February 2015	Compensation and Benefits; First Amendment
	Ministerial Exemption Prevents Court from Resolving Lawsuit January/February 2015	Clergy - Removal; Employment Practices
	Ministerial Exception Prevents Courts from Making Defamation Charges July/August 2014	Clergy - Discipline and Removal; Defamation; Employment Practices
	Local Church Retains Control of Property March/April 2014	Denominations - Legal Liability
	Court Intervention in Church Legal Disputes July/August 2012	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Church Members
	Who Is Considered a Minister? May/June 2012	Clergy - Removal; Employment Practices
	Is a Church Obligated to Share Member Records? November/December 2011	Church Records
	Church Finance Disputes March/April 2010	Church Members; Defamation; First Amendment
	Interference with Contract September/October 2009	Employment Practices; Overtime Pay
	The Ministerial Exception and Sex Discrimination September/October 2009	Clergy - Removal; Schools
	YMCA Ordered to Pay "Future Mental Anguish Damages" July/August 2009	Denominations - Legal Liability; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Woman Sues Pastor for Divulging Confidential Information January/February 2008	Church Members; Confidential and Privileged Communications; Counseling; Malpractice
	Lawsuits by Dismissed Clergy May/June 2007	Clergy - Removal; Defamation
	Church Property - Part 2 March/April 2006	Church Property
	Personal Injuries on Church Property and During Church Activities - Part 1 January/February 2006	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Child Abuse Reporting November/December 2005	Child Abuse; Confidential and Privileged Communications
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