Smith v. Calvary Christian Church

Plaintiff appeals by right the trial court’s summary disposition order entered pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(4), (8), and (10) in favor of defendants. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

This case involves plaintiff’s confessions in the mid-1980s to defendant Mark Byers, pastor of defendant *99Calvary Christian Church,1 that he had previously engaged in marital infidelity with prostitutes and the pastor’s decision, in late 1996, to convey this information to the entire congregation, including plaintiff’s wife, family, and friends. Apparently, despite plaintiff’s belief that his confession…