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	Michigan Court Rules United Methodist Church Not A ‘Jural Entity’ March 2024	Denominations - Legal Liability
	Clergy-Penitent Privilege Does Not Extend to Email in Sexual Harassment Case June 2023	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Archdiocese Faces Fraud Suit for Using Donations to Defend, Settle Sex Abuse Claim April 2023	Charitable Contributions; Fraud
	Church’s Push to Strip Members’ Power to Vote Falls Flat on Appeal March 2023	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws
	Church School Not Liable for Alerting Parents of Fired Coach’s Ban from Campus November 2022	Invasion of Privacy
	Pastor Who Revealed Child’s Suicide During a Funeral Sermon Can’t Be Sued May 2022	Invasion of Privacy; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Youth Pastor Sentenced to Up to 12 Years for Secretly Video Recording Four Girls May 2021	Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Pastor Allowed to Testify at a Man’s Sexual Abuse Trial March 2021	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Appellate Court: Age Discrimination Claim Against Church May Proceed September 2019	Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Court Not Barred by First Amendment’s Religion Clauses in Donor’s Designated Contribution Claim April 2018	Breach of Contract; Charitable Contributions
	Court Says Ecclesiastical Abstention Prevents Ruling on Student’s Denied Admission to Religious School December 2016	Schools
	Lutheran Minister’s Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed Due to ‘Ministerial Exception’ October 2016	Clergy - Discipline and Removal
	Michigan Court Rules ‘Ecclesiastical Abstention’ Bars It from Resolving Church Dispute by Interpreting Polity June 2016	Clergy - Discipline and Removal; Fraud
	Ladders, Licensees, and Liability August 2015	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Clergy-Penitent Privilege Protects Pastor June 2014	Child Abuse Reporting
	Can a Denomination Be Held Responsible for a Pastor’s Sexual Misconduct? May 2012	Denominations - Legal Liability; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Religious Discrimination May 2012	Breach of Contract
	Woman Trips Over Parking Lot Speed Bump September 2011	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Termination of a “Whistleblower” March 2011	Clergy - Removal
	Church Preschool Sued for Failing to Accommodate Autistic Child November 2009	Schools
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