Ward v. Hengle

Baird, Presiding Judge.

Appellants, Father John Hengle, Our Lady of Victory Church, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland (collectively, “the church”), appeal from three judgments of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas. The first judgment denied a motion for relief from the attorney fees awarded to appellee Brother Gabriel Ward in an earlier judgment. The other two judgments at issue awarded appellate attorney fees to Ward. This court affirms the first judgment but reverses the other two.

The church employed Ward for approximately ten years. Throughout that time, he belonged to a…