N.D. Miss.: Ecclesiastical abstention prevents former executive’s defamation suit against Southern Baptist Mission Board

April 29, 2019by Josh S. Tatum in Baptist, defamation, ecclesiastical abstention, employment, Free Exercise Clause, Mississippi, religious exemptions

N.D. Miss.: Ecclesiastical abstention prevents former executive‘s defamation suit against Southern Baptist Mission Board Religion Clause covers the decision here. Baptist Press reports here.

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