BENNETT v. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AM.., S. OHIO SYNOD

No. 94APE05-635.

97 Ohio App.3d 786 (1994)

BENNETT, Appellant, v. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA, SOUTHERN OHIO SYNOD et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Franklin County.

Decided December 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer & Ehrie and Scott W. Spencer, for appellant.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Suzanne K. Richards and Susan M. Barrett, for appellees.


BOWMAN, Judge.

Appellant, Michael L. Bennett, was ordained a minister in the predecessor to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America ("ELCA"), appellee, in July 1974. In June 1991, appellant accepted a pastoral call by St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Piqua Ohio, and, pursuant to the call, entered into a written contract of employment without term.

In March 1992, appellant received a telephone call from Kenneth H. Sauer, Bishop of appellee, the...

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