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BANKS v. ST. MATTHEW BAPTIST CHURCH

No. 4781.

391 S.C. 475 (2011)

706 S.E.2d 30

Ira BANKS, James Bell, and Vernon Holmes, Appellants, v. ST. MATTHEW BAPTIST CHURCH, an unincorporated association, and Clinton Brantley, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided January 26, 2011.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O. Sanders, IV , of Charleston, for Appellants.

P. Gunnar Nistad , Weston Adams, III , Richard Carson Thomas and Helen F. Hiser , all of Columbia, for Respondents.

KONDUROS, J.

Ira Banks, James Bell, and Vernon Holmes (collectively the Trustees) brought suit against St. Matthew Baptist Church (the Church) and its pastor, Clinton Brantley, for defamation, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), contending the pastor had informed the congregation the Trustees had mismanaged money and money was missing from the Church. The trial court dismissed the action because the court did not have jurisdiction...

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