Swanson v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1] For the first time, we must decide whether courts may constitutionally impose and enforce a duty of employee supervision derived from secular agency principles against a religious organization. The issue is presented on the report of the interlocutory order of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Saufley, J.) declining to dismiss Albert and Ruth Swanson’s claim against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland, a corporation sole, 1 and Bishop Joseph Gerry in his personal capacity (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the church”) for negligently supervising a…
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