Mabus v. St. James Episcopal Church

How courts have described this case

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• affirming trial court's finding that plaintiff's claim of fiduciary relationship could proceed, based upon the priest allegedly having used parishioner's trust in him to his own advantage
• “McBride: ... [T]his is not an ambush on my part, I’m here because I love you, I didn’t want to be here.”
• “[T]here must be evidence that both parties understood that a special trust and confidence was being reposed.”
• “McBride: . . . [T]his is not an ambush on my part, I’m here because I love you, I didn’t want to be here.”
• as a matter of law, church not vicariously liable for priest’s surreptitious taping of counseling session with parishioner
• as a matter of law, church not vicariously liable for priest's surreptitious taping of counseling session with parishioner

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).