Bivin v. Wright

Germaine L. Bivin and Robert L. Bivin, husband and wife, filed suit in the circuit court of Williamson County against Reverend James H. Wright, Deacon Ronald Stewart, and First Baptist Church of Energy, alleging that, during the course of marital counseling of the Bivins, Reverend Wright initiated and continued a sexual relationship with Germaine, thereby exacerbating the problems in the Bivins’ marriage, alienating them from their church and church community, and causing them emotional and psychological damage. The complaint sounded in nine counts.

Counts I through VI were directed against…