Showing posts with label Greek Orthodox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greek Orthodox. Show all posts
Friday, February 16, 2024

Greek Parliament Approves Same-Sex Marriage

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The Guardian reports that Greece's Parliament on Thursday, by a vote of 176- 76, legalized same-sex marriage, making Greece the first C...
Thursday, February 01, 2024

Mother Sues School for Socially Transitioning Her Daughter

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Suit was filed yesterday in a New York federal district court by the mother of a middle school student who contends that her free exercise a...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Nuns' Hostile Work Environment and Retaliation Claims Can Move Forward

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In Brandenburg v. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America ,  (SD NY, Feb. 23, 2023), a New York federal district court held that it can ...
Friday, July 08, 2022

Two Religious Figures Among Recipients Of Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Yesterday at the White House, President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 individuals. ( List of all recipients ). Among...
Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Court Resolves Details Of Last Rites During Inmate's Execution

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In Atwood v. Shinn ,  (D AZ, June 6, 2022), an Arizona federal district court entered a preliminary injunction detailing the manner in which...
Thursday, June 03, 2021

Ministerial Exception Leads To Dismissal Of Part of Nuns' Sexual Harassment Claims

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In Brandenburg v. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America ,  (SD NY, June 1, 2021), two nuns who formerly worked at a Greek Orthodox mon...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Official Arrested On Wire Fraud Charges

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Monday the arrest on wire fraud charges of Jerome Dimitri...
Monday, November 04, 2019

Bankruptcy Court Upholds Order To Sell Church Property

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In  In re: Sindesmos Hellinikes-Kinotitos of Chicago,  (ED IL Bkrpt., Oct. 25, 2019), an Illinois federal bankruptcy court refused to vacate...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Israel's Supreme Court Approves Disputed Sales of Greek Orthodox Church Properties

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Jerusalem Post and AFP report on a decision of the Israeli Supreme Court on Monday approving the 2004 sale (or in one case, the 99-year le...
Friday, February 06, 2015

Court Refuses To Defer To Ecclesiastical Determination In Church Embezzlement Prosecution

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Chicago Tribune reports that a Wisconsin state trial court has refused to apply the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine to a criminal prosec...