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Texas Supreme Court Rules Exorcism Protected By Law
The Texas Supreme Court sided Friday with a church sued after members injured a teenage girl while conducting an exorcism.
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(June 27, 2008)—The Texas Supreme Court sided Friday with a church that was sued after members injured a teenage girl during an exorcism.
The court ruled the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God's effort to cast out demons presents a dispute over religious conduct that would unconstitutionally entangle the court in church doctrine.
The 2002 trial of the suit never touched on the religious aspects.
A Tarrant County jury found the Colleyville church and its members liable for abusing and falsely imprisoning the girl, who was then 17.
The jury awarded her $300,000 for mental anguish, but the 2nd Court of Appeals in Fort Worth later shaved $122,000 from the verdict for loss of future income.
The appeals court decided the church's rights to freedom of religion did not prevent the church from being held liable for mental distress triggered by a "hyper-spiritualistic environment."
The church appealed, and a majority of the justices on the state’s high court agreed with the church.
After the 2002 verdict, Pleasant Glade merged with another congregation in Colleyville.
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Way to go courts, it is about time, this was done at the request of those that are suing the church (shame on you). They should have known what the consequences were.
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