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MALLETTE v. CHURCH OF GOD INTERN.

No. 2000-CA-00142-COA.

789 So.2d 120 (2001)

Milburn MALLETTE, Appellant, v. CHURCH OF GOD INTERNATIONAL, Dr. James D. Jenkins, Rev. Carl E. Allen, Rev. Garner E. (Bill) Allen, Rev. Pettis E. Brewer, Rev. James E. Gholson, Rev. Lenzy Evans, Rev. Bevon Joe Smith, Dr. Ray H. Hughes, Rev. David Lee Meadows, Rev. Troy Alvin Baggett, Rev. William L. Owens, Rev. Edward D. Bean and Rev. A. Lavelle Kelly, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

June 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Michael Kulick, Biloxi, Attorney for Appellant.

Mark A. Nelson, David M. Ott, Sandra S. Mohler, Katherine L. Howie, Hattiesburg, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before McMILLIN, C.J., IRVING, and CHANDLER, JJ.

CHANDLER, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Reverend Milburn Mallette sued the Church of God International and others for various grievances, including defamation, after his ministerial licence was revoked. The Harrison County Circuit Court, holding that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine barred a civil suit, granted summary judgment to the Church of God defendants. On appeal to this Court, we reversed and remanded and instructed the trial court to determine whether...

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