Legal Opinion
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church and Our Lady of Victory Preschool v. DHS
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 31, 2016No. 294 C.D. 2016PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
SENIOR JUDGE COLINS
This matter is a petition for review filed by Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church (Petitioner) 1 appealing a final order of the Department of Human Services (Departs ment) upholding the dismissal of Petitioner’s appeal from an order directing it to cease and desist operating an uncertified child care facility. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the order insofar as it ruled that the Department had authority to issue the cease and desist order, but vacate the dismissal of Petitioner’s religious liberty defense to the cease and desist order and remand this…
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