NEW TESTAMENT MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP v. E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC.


112 A.D.2d 55 (1985)

New Testament Missionary Fellowship et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., et al., Appellants-Respondents, et al., Defendants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

July 2, 1985


The complaint in this defamation action alleges 31 instances of libel in a book, Let Our Children Go, which purports to be an account of one of its authors, Ted Patrick's, deprogramming young people claimed to have been brainwashed by certain religious groups including plaintiff Fellowship. The other plaintiffs are founding members of the Fellowship. Defendants, the authors, editor, and publisher, moved for summary judgment on the...

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