California Court of Appeal

Tort liability for breach of a fiduciary duty may be imposed on a pastor under certain circumstances, for injuries resulting from the pastor's sexual misconduct with a parishioner, without offense to the First Amendment religion clauses.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2003
• Published 02/14/2003

Judges

• KLINE, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Brian J. McCaffrey, San Francisco, Attorney for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tobin & Tobin, Paul E. Gaspari, Lawrence R. Jannuzzi, San Francisco, Attorneys for Respondent.