Amato v. Greenquist

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that negligent supervision claim may not be barred by First Amendment, but holding only that Illinois does not recognize claim of breach of fiduciary duty based upon relationship between cleric and parishioner because religion is the foundation of the claim
• finding that a pastor was acting only for his own benefit, and thus not within the scope of his employment, when he engaged in sexual activities with plaintiff’s wife
• stating that \we will not determine the jus-ticiability of [plaintiff's] counts based upon the nomenclature used by the plaintiff in entitling the counts\ in determining whether a negligence claim against a cleric is essentially a malpractice claim
• stating that \we will not determine the justiciability of [plaintiffs] counts based upon the nomenclature used by the plaintiff in entitling the counts\ in determining whether a negligence claim against a cleric is essentially a malpractice claim
• permitting a claim for clergy malpractice would require establishment of a reasonable standard of care for individuals practicing their faiths, necessarily requiring interpretation of doctrine
• finding depression, despair, insomnia, anxiety, nervousness, and emotional trauma sufficient without validation from a medical professional

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).