Showing posts with label Clergy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clergy. Show all posts
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...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Immigration Officials Violated Pastor's Free Exercise Rights

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In Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security , (SD CA, March 21, 2023), a California federal district court held that U.S. immigration o...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Results From Election Day on Ballot Issues of Interest

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Here are Tuesday's vote results for the ten ballot issues of interest to those following law and religion developments.  More details an...
Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Ten Issues of Interest Are on Today's Ballots Across the Country

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Today voters in ten states will be voting on ballot measures that relate to religious institutions, reproductive rights, clergy, religious f...
Wednesday, August 03, 2022

Clergy Sue Challenging Florida's Abortion Restrictions

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The Washington Post reports that in Florida, seven members of the clergy-- Christian, Jewish, Unitarian-Universalist and Buddhist-- have fi...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

New Arizona Law Protects Right To Clergy Visits In Health Care Institutions

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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey yesterday signed  HB 2449 ( full text ) which protects the right of residents of assisted living, nursing and ho...
Thursday, April 07, 2022

Preacher's Challenge To Large Group Vigils On Capitol Grounds Fails

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In Mahoney v. United States Capitol Police Board , (D DC, April 5, 2022), a D.C. federal district court refused to grant a preliminary injun...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

U.S. House Committee Hears From Faith Leaders On Economic Issues

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On Monday, the U.S. House Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness In Growth held a  Bipartisan Economic Roundtable with National Fait...
Friday, July 30, 2021

Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick Charged Criminally In Massachusetts For Sex Abuse Committed Decades Ago

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  CNN Reports  that a criminal complaint in a Massachusetts state trial court charges now-defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick with three c...
Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Some Claims of Failure To Supervise Abusive Clergy

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In John Doe 122 v. Marianist Province of the United States ,  (MO Sup. Ct., April 6, 2021), the Missouri Supreme Court dismissed negligent s...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

U.N. Conference On Role of Religious Leaders In Addressing COVID-19 Crisis

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Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly held a video conference on The Role of Religious Leaders In Addressing the Multiple Challenge...