Darcy v. Overlock

REIBMAN, J.,

The Reverend Afaf Darcy, an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, and the Salem United Church of Christ, where the Rev. Darcy is pastor, sought to enjoin the Penn Northeast Conference of the United Church of Christ and its conference minister, the Rev. Donald Overlock, from conducting a disciplinary review hearing against the Rev. Darcy. Finding the court lacks jurisdiction as to part and the plaintiffs have failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted as to the remainder, the court dismissed the complaint.1

*87The Rev. Darcy was ordained in July 1985, and for…