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COURTS: Jefferson Circuit Court Judge denies request to hold church leaders in contempt

By Michael Stevens

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From Jefferson Circuit Court - story in Courier Journal.  Click on heading for entire story.

Judge urges church cooperation

Contempt order against leaders denied



By Peter Smith ? psmith@courier-journal.com ? December 19, 2008



A Jefferson Circuit Court judge today declined a request to hold leaders of First Baptist Church in Jeffersontown in contempt of her order that they divulge church financial information to members, urging the parties to work out their differences.

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"Considering the ongoing relationship among the people who are part of this lawsuit, it is important for the court to be judicious in its use of contempt powers," Senior Judge Ann O'Malley Shake said today.



Her statement came in the latest hearing in a lawsuit first filed in February 2006 and amended several times. Twenty-nine members are suing the Rev. Kevin Nelson and three lay leaders, saying they have violated the church constitution by refusing to share financial information or hold regularly scheduled church business meetings.

Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on December 24, 2008 (boomark / email).

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