Rashedi v. General Board of Church of the Nazarene

OPINION

NOYES, Judge.

¶ 1 Shirin Rashedi, who was allegedly defrauded and seduced by her pastor, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of her complaint against the General Board of the Church of the Nazarene (“Board”) and the Arizona/Southem Nevada District Church of the Nazarene (“District”). The trial court concluded that it lacked subject-matter jurisdic tion because the case against the Board and the District would involve inquiry into the ecclesiastical doctrine, law, and polity of the Church of the Nazarene, in violation of the doctrine of ecclesiastical abstention. We conclude that the…