BEAR VALLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST v. DeBOSE

No. 95SC42.

928 P.2d 1315 (1996)

BEAR VALLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST, a Colorado corporation, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. Denise DeBOSE, and J.D.B., a minor child, by and through his parent and next friend, Denise DeBose, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners, and Homer Wolfe, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quigley & Bruce, Neil Quigley, Denver, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Holland, Seelen & Pagliuca, Joyce Seelen, Jeffrey S. Pagliuca, Denver, for Respondents/Cross-Petitioners Denise DeBose, and J.D.B., a minor child.

Hibschweiler & Johnson, James D. Johnson, Sheila E. Barthel, Denver, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner Homer Wolfe.


Justice LOHR delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This case presents constitutional, evidentiary, and jury instruction issues arising from the trial of tort claims brought against a religious institution and one of its former pastors. The plaintiffs, a mother and her son, filed suit against their former church and the pastor, alleging a variety of tortious offenses stemming from the pastor's conduct during counseling sessions with the son. The trial court allowed a...

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