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	Pastor steals ‘love offerings,’ gets three years in prison May 2024	Criminal Liability; Excess Benefit Transactions
	Inaction and Cover-up Create Significant Liability in Sexual Misconduct Case March 2024	Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Texas Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Decades-Old Abuse Claim April 2023	Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Court Affirms Massive Prison Sentence for Pastor October 2022	Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Understanding Restrictions Placed on Property Deeds July 2022	Church Property
	Intentional and Grossly Negligent Acts Negate Release Forms April 2022	Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
	Court Could Resolve Malpractice Suit Against Deacon February 2022	Malpractice
	Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Bars Court from Intervention in Dispute over Church Bylaw Compliance August 2017	Church Members; Clergy - Selection; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Court May Rule on ‘Secular Contract’ Between Church and Former Employee October 2016	Employment Practices
	Church Narrowly Avoids Liability in Advertising Services of Babysitter Who Later Molested Children October 2016	Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
	Churches’ Right to Remove Clergy June 2015	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Clergy - Removal
	Exemption of Unemployment Services in the Employ of a Church Doesn’t Violate First Amendment December 2014	Compensation and Benefits; First Amendment
	Ministerial Exemption Prevents Court from Resolving Lawsuit December 2014	Clergy - Removal; Employment Practices
	Ministerial Exception Prevents Courts from Making Defamation Charges June 2014	Clergy - Discipline and Removal; Defamation; Employment Practices
	Local Church Retains Control of Property February 2014	Denominations - Legal Liability
	Court Intervention in Church Legal Disputes July 2012	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Church Members
	Who Is Considered a Minister? May 2012	Clergy - Removal; Employment Practices
	Is a Church Obligated to Share Member Records? November 2011	Church Records
	Interference with Contract September 2009	Employment Practices; Overtime Pay
	The Ministerial Exception and Sex Discrimination September 2009	Clergy - Removal; Schools
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