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Presbyterian Church (USA) Files Appeal of Judge’s Order in Defamation Case

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By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook. A state court judge in Kentucky has lifted a stay in the defamation case that Eric Hoey, a former director of Evangelism and Church Growth for the Presbyterian Church (USA), filed against the denomination. The PCUSA promptly appealed that ruling to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. The church’s lawyers…

Dermody lawsuit against PMAB ‘dismissed with prejudice’

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A judge has granted the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s motion for summary judgment in the defamation case filed by former employee Roger Dermody. On Sept. 21, Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Judith E. McDonald-Burkman ruled that “after a careful review of the record, applicable law and the Court being otherwise sufficiently advised, IT is hereby ordered and…

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