‘Church membership matter of contract? No, it must not be’

“Exactly why would a court want to put its toes into the murky waters of internal church politics? It baffles me when they do. Take, for example, the recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in the case of Aga v Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada 2020 ONCA 10. Five members of St. Mary’s Cathedral were expelled from the church by Archbishop Abune Dimetros. The dispute, like so many church disputes, is complicated …” (more)

[Barry W Bussey, The Lawyer’s Daily, 25 February]

First posted 2020-02-26 08:35:16

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