Organist Loses Abuse Suit Involving Church Vs. State

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A Prince George's County Circuit judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Washington by a former church organist who says his revelations of sexual abuse at a Wheaton Catholic parish caused him to be fired.

Circuit Court Judge Steven I. Platt said that "with some reluctance" he agreed with the archdiocese that Bill Moersen, who played organ, piano and synthesizer for St. Catherine Laboure Church for almost 29 years, was a "ministerial employee" of the church and, therefore, not entitled to certain rights under state labor laws.

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Organist Loses Abuse Suit Involving Church Vs. State

A secular court cannot interfere with how a church treats employees who partake of activities similar to clergy, and Mr. Moe...

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