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108 documents for Clergy Malpractice

- Clergy Malpractice
A breach of the duty owed by a member of the clergy (e.g., trust, loyalty, confidentiality, guidance) that results in harm or los...
- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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- Clergy Malpractice Action Dismissed by Appellate Division, Fourth Department
A romantic and sexual relationship between a pastor and a married woman was mutual and consensual. Thus, the court properly granted the pastor's motion for summary judgment. In W.C. and D.C. v. United Methodist Church, New York West Area, Western New York Conference of United Methodist Church, et al. the plaintiff husband commenced this action after discovering his pastor was having an affair with his wife. A divided Appellate Division, Fourth Department affirmed dismissal of the plaintiffs' complaint.
- Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
- March 23, 2005
- Stewart, Admr. v. W. Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, (Ohio 2003)
Appellant has failed to present evidence creating a genuine issue of material fact that appellees are liable for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress,clergy malpractice, wrongful death, and abuse of process. Absent such evidence, trial court did not act arbitrarily in granting appellees' motion for summary judgment.
- Ohio Supreme Court

- Clergy Malpractice in America: Nally v. Grace Community Church of the Valley.
Book Review
- Journal of Church and State
- Vol. 45 Nbr. 1, January 2003
- Malpractice
...Clergy Malpractice. A growing number of lawsuits against ...
- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
- Jap–Ma
- Linda E. Dausch, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Reverend Greg Rykse, Knox Presbyterian Church, Chicago Presbytery, Also Known as Presbytery of Chicago, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees., 52 F.3d 1425 (7th Cir. 1994)
... accurately characterized as a claim for clergy malpractice. The court held that such a cause of a...
- Federal Circuits
- The Fourth Annual Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Symposium
... of San Diego, embattled by lawsuits for clergy malpractice, declared bankruptcy. I remember a num...
- Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
- Vol. 23 Nbr. 2, April 2007
- Scandal and the constitution.
... church communications, 5) claims against clergy for malpractice or breach of fiduciary duty, and 6...
- First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
- Nbr. 2003, August 2003
- 77 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (Bna) 51, 74 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,532 Robyn Sanders; Cynthia Mullanix, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees, v. Casa View Baptist Church, Et Al., Defendants, Casa View Baptist Church, Defendant-Appellee, Shelby Baucum, Defendant-Appellant., 134 F.3d 331 (5th Cir. 1998)
... against Baucum--that he committed malpractice and breached his fiduciary duties as a marriage co... were in essence noncognizable claims for "clergy malpractice."3 We disagree. The First Amendment do...
- Federal Circuits
- Adina Marmelstein vs Kehillat New Hempstead: The Rav Aron Jofen Community Synagogue, 1 No. 115 (N.Y. 2008)
... of misconduct by members of the clergy. In Lightman v Flaum (97 NY2d 128 [2001], cert den... that a cause of action for clergy malpractice had "troubling constitutional implications" under ...
- New York Court of Appeals