[Red Jones]

I saw on tv this morning that some wife had an affair, then she told her minister, then the minister told her husband, then the husband divorced the wife, then the wife sued the minister because she said he destroyed her marriage. The jury took $65,000 from the church to compensate the woman. It is insanity. So in the future when a similar event occurs the minister will feel pressure to shelter the husband from this knowledge in order to protect the financial situation of the church. How just is it that all of those people who donated the 65 grand to the church have it taken like that.

[Protagoras]

I saw on tv this morning that some wife had an affair, then she told her minister, then the minister told her husband, then the husband divorced the wife, then the wife sued the minister because she said he destroyed her marriage.

It all depends on the circumstances of the woman telling the clergyman. If it was in a circumstance where she was being ministered to, the minister committed a grave act. If in a casual way, then it is a different story.

[Brytani]

Hmmm I'm of a couple of opinions on this one. First, confessing to a man of the cloth, regardless of religion is usually considered private, between the minister and God's ears. I can understand her anger at his stab in the back against her. Yet, a claim that he ruined her marriage is ridiculous, the minute she decided to get into the bed with a man, other then her husband, she destroyed the marriage herself.

What I can't see is fining the church for the actions of the Minister, churches receive donations from private individuals to be used for church functions. If the minister was sued and fined, it should have come from his own pocket. Not from the pockets of the parishioners.

Just my two cents worth on this.