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4783 REVIEW DENIED If it was an established practice of defendant church to explain to congregants the reasons for a spiritual leader's termination, the ministerial exception prevents courts from considering tort claims, such as defamation, based on statements that plaintiff pastor, who was discovered to be gay, was terminated because he engaged in sinful conduct, had suffered a breakdown in character, and was a broken man.CitationGUNN v MARINERS CHURCH (Minesterial Exception) 167 CA4 206 [See: Schmoll v Chapman 70 CA4 1434, T/AT 5/99; Hope v Superior Court 119 CA4 719, T/AT 7/04; Catholic Charities v Superior Court 32 C4 527; Higgins v Maher 210 CA3 1168]
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