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A couple completes pre marital counseling with a minister in which they reveal personal history, including on going psycho therapy.
During the wedding ceremony, the minister, for God only knows what reason, reveals this information to those assembled to witness the wedding.
The couple files suit for invasion of privacy, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, n egligent infliction of emotional distress, and countless other causes of action.
No matter how you lable it, isn't the gravamen of the complaint "clergy malpractice", and if so, is not the court precluded from adjudicating this subject matter? Aren't all of plainitffs claims constitutionally precluded, or is there a viable cause of action for the disclosure of personal information during the course of a relgious service and ceremony?
Donald C. Clark, Jr.
2333 Waukegan Road Suite 160 Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 847-236-0900 847-236-0909 (fax) |
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