Legal Opinion
Wende C. v. United Methodist Church
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 22, 2005PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Ciparick, J.
Plaintiffs Wende C. and David C. were parishioners at Hosanna Junction United Methodist Church. During the period between January 1999 and April 2000, they sought individual counseling services from the church pastor Dr. G. Charles T. (Pastor T.). In the course of engaging in apparently intermittent ministerial counseling, Wende C. and the pastor developed a sexual relationship that lasted several months. On November 2, 2000, after David discovered the affair, plaintiffs commenced this action against defendants Pastor T., the Hosanna Junction United Methodist…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Maryland & Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God at Sharpsburg, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- First Presbyterian Church v. United Presbyterian Church in United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Wende C. v. United Methodist ChurchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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