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Attn Pastors: Use the Bible, Walk with $$$$
Attention Pastors:
Adding Bible verses to your bylaws might help you walk away scott free if you ever decide to walk with it all ...
Being spiritual has its perks and benefits.
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A Franklin County judge who thought he was delving too deeply into religious matters dismissed a lawsuit accusing a local pastor of taking nearly $1 million from his congregation, which hoped to get the money back in a judgment.
Some local law professors said navigating religious cases in court can be tricky, but that Judge Charles A. Schneider should have separated the secular issues from the religious ones and ruled on the case.
Eighteen members of World of Pentecost Church at 3431 E. Main St. filed a civil lawsuit against the Rev. David Thompson and other church officials.
The civil suit was thrown out of Common Pleas Court on July 10.
Schneider said he would have had to involve himself in religious matters to decide the case.
"To truly control this matter, the court would have to control the very service itself," he wrote in his decision.
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