Cargill v. Greater Salem Baptist Church

OPINION

GUIDUGLI, Judge.

Pat Cargill (Cargill) and Sherman Arthur (Arthur) appeal from an order of the Jefferson Circuit Court granting the Ap-pellees’ 1 motion for summary judgment. Cargill and Arthur contend that the circuit court incorrectly determined that the Ap- pellees’ oral and written statements were not actionable as defamatory. Having concluded that the circuit court properly granted summary judgment, we affirm.

Cargill and Arthur are former members of Greater Salem Baptist Church (Greater Salem), which is a Congregationalist church founded under the National Baptist Convention in…