Legal Developments
Issues that affect ministers and churches
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Pastor Who Revealed Child’s Suicide During a Funeral Sermon Can’t Be SuedMay 2022 |
Invasion of Privacy; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes |
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Appellate Court: Age Discrimination Claim Against Church May ProceedSeptember 2019 |
Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes |
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Court Barred by First Amendment from Resolving a Dismissed Minister’s Terminated Retirement BenefitsNovember 2018 |
First Amendment; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes; Retirement Plans |
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‘Ecclesiastical Abstention’ Fails to Prevent School Employee’s Discrimination LawsuitNovember 2018 |
Employment Practices; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes; Schools |
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Pastor’s Age Discrimination Claim Against a Denominational Agency Was Barred by the “Ministerial Exception.”April 2018 |
Breach of Contract; Defamation; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes |
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Ministerial Exception Prevents Court from Resolving Discrimination LawsuitDecember 2017 |
Employment Practices; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes |
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State Supreme Court Addresses Pastor’s Rescinded ResignationSeptember 2017 |
Breach of Contract; Clergy - Removal; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes |
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Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Bars Court from Intervention in Dispute over Church Bylaw ComplianceAugust 2017 |
Church Members; Clergy - Selection; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes |
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Church Membership LawsuitMay 1997 |
Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes |
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Church Liability for Accounting IrregularitiesMarch 1997 |
First Amendment; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes |
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