ecclesiastical abstention – Law Meets Gospel https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com Informing faith communities about legal issues Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:25:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.lawmeetsgospel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cropped-LawMeetsGospel.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 ecclesiastical abstention – Law Meets Gospel https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com 32 32 120435859 N.D. Ga.: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine bars court from deciding “representative status” in Bishop’s suit seeking indemnification of legal fees https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2021/09/12/n-d-ga-ecclesiastical-abstention-doctrine-bars-court-from-deciding-representative-status-in-bishops-suit-seeking-indemnification-of-legal-fees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=n-d-ga-ecclesiastical-abstention-doctrine-bars-court-from-deciding-representative-status-in-bishops-suit-seeking-indemnification-of-legal-fees Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:14:57 +0000 http://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1913 1913 W.D. N.C.: Catholic high school liable for firing teacher in same-sex marriage https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2021/09/05/w-d-n-c-catholic-high-school-liable-for-firing-teacher-in-same-sex-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=w-d-n-c-catholic-high-school-liable-for-firing-teacher-in-same-sex-marriage Sun, 05 Sep 2021 12:02:16 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1906 1906 “Suit Over Unification Church Leadership Is Dismissed” https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2020/01/01/suit-over-unification-church-leadership-is-dismissed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suit-over-unification-church-leadership-is-dismissed Thu, 02 Jan 2020 01:56:24 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1654 1654 Wash. Ct. App.: Parent Presbyterian denominational body owed deference in dispute with breakaway congregation https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2019/10/10/wash-ct-app-parent-presbyterian-denominational-body-owed-deference-in-dispute-with-breakaway-congregation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wash-ct-app-parent-presbyterian-denominational-body-owed-deference-in-dispute-with-breakaway-congregation Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:01:31 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1607 1607 Ill. App. Ct.: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine bars challenge to denial of rental of Catholic Community Center https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2019/06/05/ill-app-ct-ecclesiastical-abstention-doctrine-bars-challenge-to-denial-of-rental-of-catholic-community-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ill-app-ct-ecclesiastical-abstention-doctrine-bars-challenge-to-denial-of-rental-of-catholic-community-center Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:55:41 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1499 1499 N.D. Miss.: Ecclesiastical abstention prevents former executive’s defamation suit against Southern Baptist Mission Board https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2019/04/29/n-d-miss-ecclesiastical-abstention-prevents-former-executives-defamation-suit-against-southern-baptist-mission-board/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=n-d-miss-ecclesiastical-abstention-prevents-former-executives-defamation-suit-against-southern-baptist-mission-board Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:22:08 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1463 1463 Utah Ct. App.: Mail-in vote violates incorporated denominational governing documents, break-away from UMC invalid https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2019/03/25/utah-ct-app-mail-in-vote-violates-incorporated-denominational-governing-documents-break-away-from-umc-invalid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=utah-ct-app-mail-in-vote-violates-incorporated-denominational-governing-documents-break-away-from-umc-invalid Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:16:02 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1429 1429 “Claim of Fraudulent Luring Into Conversion To Christianity Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds” https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2017/10/09/claim-of-fraudulent-luring-into-conversion-to-christianity-dismissed-on-ecclesiastical-abstention-grounds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=claim-of-fraudulent-luring-into-conversion-to-christianity-dismissed-on-ecclesiastical-abstention-grounds Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:31:45 +0000 http://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1047 1047