Legal Opinion
Weaver v. African Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 30, 2001No. WD 58400, WD 58401PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLINGER, Judge.
This is a case of first impression evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence to support a claim for intentional failure to supervise clergy as established by Gibson v. Brewer, 952 S.W.2d 239 (Mo. banc 1997). Saundra Weaver was a minister of Mariah Walker congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) from 1990 until December 1996. Ronald Williams was a pastor of the AME church when Weaver first became interested in the ministry in the late 1980s. Prince Albert Williams (Elder Williams) 1 was an elder in the AME governing hierarchy and supervised a number of…
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