Sanders v. Baucum

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

SOLIS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Robyn Sanders and Cynthia Mullanix, who were members and employees of Casa View Baptist Church (“the Church”), entered into secular counseling relationships with their minister, Shelby Baucum, who assured them that he was an experienced counselor equipped to assist them with their mar ital and emotional problems. During the course of the counseling sessions, the relationship between Baucum and each of the Plaintiffs became sexual in nature. Soon after learning of the situation, the Church asked Baucum to resign and terminated…