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	California Court Denies Right to Inspect Church Records for Non-Members January 2025	Charitable Contributions
	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 2019	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Church Not Obligated to Return Undesignated Contributions December 2018	Charitable Contributions
	Church Not Responsible for Pedestrian Accident Near Premises November 2018	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Court Ruled a University Has a Duty to Protect Others from Foreseeable Violence August 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 June 2017	Wills, Trusts, and Estates
	Pastor’s Confession of Embezzlement Admissible Due to Lack of Coercion December 2016
	California Court Rejects Religious School’s Motion to Dismiss Disability Discrimination Claim June 2016	Employment Practices
	Privacy on Church Devices June 2015	Invasion of Privacy
	Court Applies “Ministerial Exception” to Church Discrimination Case November 2012	Denominations - Legal Liability; Employment Practices; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Ascending Liability Claims May 2011	Denominations - Legal Liability
	Caught on Camera September 2010
	Protection of Charitable Donations November 2009	Bankruptcy; Charitable Contributions
	Dismissing a Minister for Wrongdoing July 2009	Clergy - Removal; Employment Practices
	Whistleblower Protections for Church Employees March 2009	Employment Practices
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