Showing posts with label Clergy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clergy. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 07, 2025

3rd Circuit: Consular Decisions Cannot Be Challenged Under RFRA

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 In  Calvary Albuquerque Inc. v. Rubio , (10th Cir., May 6, 2025), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision upheld a consular...
Monday, May 05, 2025

Washington State Makes Clergy Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse With No Exceptions for Privileged Information

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On May 2, Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson signed  Senate Bill 5375 ( full text ) which amends previous law to now require clergy to r...
Friday, March 14, 2025

Oklahoma Indicts Megachurch Pastor on Charges of Lewd Acts With a Minor

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The Oklahoma Attorney General has announced that on Wednesday a Multi-County Grand indicted the founder of a Texas Megachurch on five counts...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Refusing to Allow Minister To Wear Collar At His Criminal Trial Was Not Reversable Error

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 In People v. Johnson ,  (CA App., Feb. 18, 2025), a California state appellate court held that a trial court's refusal to allow a crimi...
Monday, January 20, 2025

6 Clergy Will Offer Prayers at Trump Inauguration Today

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Donald Trump's inauguration as President begins at 11:30 AM Eastern Time today. The ceremony includes prayers offered by clergy from a v...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Australia's High Court Says Diocese Is Not Vicariously Liable for Sex Abuse by Priest [Corrected]

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In  Bird v DP (a pseudonym)  , (HCA, Nov. 13, 2024), the High Court of Australia in an appeal from the Supreme Court of Victoria held that a...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Archbishop of Canterbury Resigns, Accepting Responsibility for Coverup of Sexual Abuse of Young Men

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In Britain yesterday the Archbishop of Canterbury announced his resignation, taking responsibility for an inadequate response to reports of ...
Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Catholic Diocese Sues Feds Over Rule Change For Religious Worker Visas

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Suit was filed last month in a New Jersey federal district court by the Catholic diocese of Patterson, New Jersey and by several Catholic pr...
Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Disclosure of Covid Status to Plaintiff's Pastor Did Not Infringe Privacy or Free Exercise Rights

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In Fulmore v. City of Englewood ,  (NJ App., Aug. 30, 2024), a New Jersey appellate court dismissed a suit brought by an employee of the cit...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

6th Circuit: Off-Duty Police Did Not Violate Dismissed Pastor's Free Exercise Rights

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In Couzens v. City of Forest Park, Ohio , (6th Cir., Aug. 27, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit ...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Fraud and Negligence Claims Move Ahead Against Church Over Mistreatment of Members

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In Ramirez v. World Mission Society, Church of God ,  (D NJ, April 1, 2024), plaintiff brought suit in a New Jersey federal district court a...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

British Appeals Court Upholds Preacher's Fraud Conviction For Selling COVID Preventative

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In Wiseman v. Rex ,  (EWCA, Nov. 20, 2023), Britain's Court of Appeal upheld the fraud conviction of the head of the Kingdom Church for ...
Friday, November 10, 2023

Pastor's Breach of Contract Suit Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Craver v. Faith Lutheran Church ,  (TX App., Nov. 8, 2023), a Texas state appeals court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine ...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply to Church's Fraud Claims Against Former Pastor

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 In New Bethel Baptist Church v. Taylor ,  (TX App., Aug. 29, 2023), a Texas state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention d...
Monday, July 24, 2023

Court Upholds Procedure for Obtaining Immigrant Religious Worker Classification

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In Society of the Divine Word v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services ,  (ND IL, July 20, 2023), an Illinois federal district court r...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Labor Department Says Restaurant Used Alleged Priest to Obtain Confessions From Employees

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 A June 12 press release from the Department of Labor which announced a wage-and-hour consent judgment ( full text ) in Su v. Garibaldi,  (...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Illinois AG Releases Report on Catholic Clergy Child Sex Abuse

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Yesterday, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released its 696-page  Report on Catholic Clergy Child Sex Abuse in Illinois ( full text )....
Friday, April 28, 2023

Former Cantor's Claims Against Synagogue Are Dismissed

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In Sklar v. Temple Israel, Westport Inc. ,  (CT Super., April 21, 2023), a Connecticut state trial court dismissed breach of contract and in...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick Indicted in Wisconsin on Sexual Assault Charge

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 In an April 17 press release , Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and Walworth County District   Attorney Zeke Wiedenfeld announced that ...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Prosecutors' Council Releases Report on Past Child Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy In Georgia

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Last week, the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia released its Report of Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Dioc...