Showing posts with label Lutheran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lutheran. Show all posts
Thursday, May 02, 2024

Court Dismisses Suit Over Disclosure of Clergy-Penitent Conversation

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In Stephens v. Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ,  (Dutchess Cty. NY Sup. Ct., April 29, 2024), a N...
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 23, 2023

Church Autonomy Bars Court Adjudicating Dispute Over Withdrawal from Parent Body

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 In Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherische Zions Gemeinde v. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America , (Kings Cty NY Sup. Ct., Aug. 16, 2023), a Ne...
Friday, March 05, 2021

Synod May Take Over Property of Defunct Church

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In Central/Southern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Trinity Lutheran Church of Kankakee , (IL App., March 2,...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

Church of Norway Formally Separated From the State Today

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As reported by Sputnik News , today the Church of Norway, a Lutheran institution, officially became a separate entity after 500 years as an ...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Lutheran Affiliated Senior Housing Not Entitled To Property Tax Exemption

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In Meridian Village Association v. Hamer , (IL App., March 28, 2014), an Illinois appeals court upheld the Illinois Department of Revenue...
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Montana Supreme Court Rules On Lutheran Church Property Dispute

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In New Hope Lutheran Ministry v. Faith Lutheran Church of Great Falls, Inc. ,  (MT Sup. Ct., March  12, 2014), the Montana Supreme Court hel...