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Politics : The Clown-Free Bible Study Zone

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From: S. maltophilia6/29/2008 12:44:19 AM
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Texas Supreme Court rules church can't be sued in exorcism
By MAX B. BAKER
maxbaker@star-telegram.com
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A divided Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former Colleyville church Friday, saying church members who were involved in a traumatic exorcism that ultimately injured a young woman are protected by the First Amendment.

In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God staff’s efforts to cast out demons from Laura Schubert presents an ecclesiastical dispute over religious conduct that would unconstitutionally entangle the court in church doctrine.

Schubert described a wild night in 1996 that involved casting out demons from the church and two attempts to exorcise demons from her. The incident left Schubert......
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Oh, and another routine local incident:
Christian Methodist Episcopal bishop in Arlington indicted in sex-assault case

By MAX B. BAKER
maxbaker@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH — A Christian Methodist Episcopal bishop was indicted by a Tarrant County grand jury Friday on accusations that he sexually assaulted a 46-year-old man at his Arlington home last year, according to county criminal court records.

Kenneth Wayne Carter, 50, has been accused of trying to force a Dallas County man who was applying for a job as the bishop’s driver to engage in sex acts in an office above his garage in March 2007, according to civil court.....

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