Tag: sue

Judge Dismisses Megachurch Pastor’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Former Church

A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by megachurch pastors Stovall and Kerri Weems against their former church, after the church which they founded and led for decades suspended them for being bad pastors and then published a report describing the Weemses in less-than-glowing terms: The single word used

Apologia Church Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Editor of Check My Church Website

(Ministry Watch) Sarah Young’s Check My Church website seeks to “check every church in the country” and  “expose corruption, abuse, legalism, materialism, and wolves” in sheep’s clothing. But the watchdog ministry’s articles about “red flags” at Apologia Church have generated angry denials from lead pastor Jeff Durbin, who claims that Young is a

Former Hillsong Pastor ‘Lawyers Up’, Threatens to Sue Discernment Ministry

Disgraced former Hillsong pastor Pat Mesiti has contacted his lawyers has sent a letter to discernment ministry site Hillsong Accountability, threatening to sue them for defamation over some posts they made criticizing him. By way of brief background, Pastor Pat Mesiti taught at Hillsong in Australia for over 20 years,