Chrsfian counselors should not have duties imposed upon them which are non-Biblica. This places judges ona juries n control of sp rituc counseling. Liability for Sexual Misconduct of the Clergy Sexual misconduct of the clergy is nor new. The lawsuirs are new. Such activity on the part of the courts is nothing more than finding ,ability where none has previously existed before.
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Therefore, the trial lawyers will seek to persuade the courts to appy to religious organization theories of liability currently established against nan-religious organizations. Thus, a trial lawyer will examine the assets of the individual who has committed the wrong conduct, then look at the assets of the organization, and finally, look at the assets of the individuals who are responsible for the organization This gives the trial lawyer three target areas to go after for a large monetary recovery. Suit is brought against the pastor, the church, the individuals constituting the leadership body of the church and the denominational organization to which the local church is accountable, This iatter organization has insisted that the churches related to it must not permit any individual to be on staff of a local church who is a practicing homosexual. The legal foundation for such a suit is found in Barr v. Unifed Methodist Church. While the seminar did not specifically address the church discipline situation, this is obviously another area of tart liability exposure.