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Defamation Privilege In Internal Affairs Of Religious Societies, Howard A. Shelley Jr.
Defamation Privilege In Internal Affairs Of Religious Societies, Howard A. Shelley Jr.
Cleveland State Law Review
Defamation privilege in religious societies is burdened in interpretation by the strong doctrine of separation of church and state coupled with the courts' reluctance to become involved in the internal affairs of private associations. That over the years this has resulted in establishment of a philosophy regarding defamation privilege in church controversies broader in scope than that available even to other private associations is apparent.
Clergymen's Interference With Private Rights, Robert B. Dunsmore
Clergymen's Interference With Private Rights, Robert B. Dunsmore
Cleveland State Law Review
If a clergyman is to be granted complete immunity to say whatever he believes, or to take any action which he believes best for his church or his congregation, then eventually either our concept of separation of church and state will be destroyed or else by the very weight of the immunities and the inequities resulting therefrom the qualified privilege of the clergyman will be destroyed. The real question is not whether such a privilege exists or should exist, but at what point does the interference with the rights of the individual become so great as to be actionable. This …