Update: Family can’t sue over priest’s funeral remarks

Updating our July 17 story: a New Mexico family’s lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Rev. Scott Mansfield alleging that he gave a eulogy that suggested the deceased Ben Martinez was hell-bound has been dismissed; the court ruled that it could not mediate the underlying theological claim behind the complaint. (AP, Jan. 27; […]

Updating our July 17 story: a New Mexico family’s lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Rev. Scott Mansfield alleging that he gave a eulogy that suggested the deceased Ben Martinez was hell-bound has been dismissed; the court ruled that it could not mediate the underlying theological claim behind the complaint. (AP, Jan. 27; Christine Haughney, “Coast to Coast”, Washington Post, Jul. 20, 2003).

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