Plaintiff, a Presbyterian minister, claims to have been defamed by statements made by other Presbyterian ministers reflecting adversely upon his fitness to continue serving as a minister. Inasmuch as the statements concerned plaintiff's ministerial qualifications, however, adjudication of the dispute would impermissibly involve the court in matters left by constitutional design for ecclesiastic resolution (see, Yaggie v Indiana-Kentucky Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church...
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