OLSON v. MAGNUSON

Nos. C8-90-281, CX-90-282, C1-90-283, C3-90-284, C5-90-285 and C7-90-286.

457 N.W.2d 394 (1990)

Scott Russell OLSON, et al., Respondents, v. Albert C. MAGNUSON, personally and as agent for The Redeemer Covenant Church of Brooklyn Park, et al., Defendants, The Evangelical Covenant Church of America, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

June 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Faulkner, Faulkner & Faulkner, Minneapolis, Jeffrey R. Anderson, Susan Bedor, Reinhardt and Anderson, St. Paul, James W. Kerr, McDonald & Kerr, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Gerald H. Hanratty, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Considered and decided by LANSING, P.J., and FOLEY and SHORT, JJ.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

These cases, consolidated for purposes of appeal, are grounded on complaints by six individuals alleging that Albert Magnuson committed sexual abuse while serving as minister at Redeemer Covenant Church in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Appellant Evangelical Covenant Church of America (ECC), an Illinois corporation, is named as a defendant in the complaints for its alleged failure to adequately supervise Magnuson. ECC unsuccessfully moved...

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