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Appeals court allows priest’s defamation case to proceed against Russian Orthodox Church
Faith groups cannot claim religious belief and doctrine as exemptions from lawsuits that include issues of secular law, a federal court has ruled in the case of an Orthodox priest who sued church officials for defamation. The Aug. 17 opinion by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows the suit filed by Alexander Belya...
Jeff Brumley