Section 16 Summary Judgment

• Library: Prof Liability 2005

In Rhodelander v. Liberty Christian Fellowship, 6 S.W.3d 402 (Mo. App. W.D. 1999), a church secretary, Evonne, and her husband, John, sued a church for the conduct of an associate pastor named Neal Weatherford. The plaintiffs alleged an intentional failure to supervise clergy on the part of the church. The sexual abuse alleged took place during and after Evonne’s in-patient psychiatric treatment. The plaintiffs alleged that the church was responsible because it failed to follow its own policies in allowing the...