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NATAL v. CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE

No. 89-1242.

878 F.2d 1575 (1989)

Reverend Arcadio NATAL, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Delgado Figueroa Santurce, on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Pedro J. Santa-Sanchez, Carla Garcia-Benitez and O'Neill & Borges, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides in part that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...." This appeal tests the reach of the Free Exercise Clause and calls upon us to explore the tension between the Clause and the rights of a minister qua employee.

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