Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church v. OneUnited Bank

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON APPEAL FROM THE BANKRUPTCY COURT’S RULING ON OBJECTION TO PROOF OF CLAIM

STEARNS, D.J.

This bankruptcy appeal arises from the failed effort of a venerable Boston church, the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church, to develop a multi-ser-vice community center in Roxbury. In the bankruptcy proceeding, the Church objected to a claim by its lender for the project, OneUnited Bank, asserting that OneUnit-ed had wrongfully originated the loan to the Church under the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute (Chapter 93A). The Bankruptcy Court overruled the objection…