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Texas High Court Rules Exorcism Protected by Law - 6/28/2008 11:56:15 AM

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I'm not sure where this would best go. It doesn't seem to match any of the descriptions for the Theology threads. Mods move as you see fit.

June 27, 2008, 11:56PM

� 2008 The Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas � The Texas Supreme Court on Friday threw out a jury award over injuries a 17-year-old girl suffered in an exorcism conducted by members of her old church, ruling that the case unconstitutionally entangled the court in religious matters. In a 6-3 decision, the justices found that a lower court erred when it said the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God's First Amendment rights regarding freedom of religion did not prevent the church from being held liable for mental distress triggered by a "hyper-spiritualistic environment."

.........Justice David Medina wrote that finding the church liable "would have an unconstitutional 'chilling effect' by compelling the church to abandon core principles of its religious beliefs."

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