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Exorcist Priest's Defamation Suit May Move Ahead
15+ hour, 12+ min ago (168+ words) In Martins v. Romero, (ED MI, Aug. 21, 2026), a Michigan federal district court refused to dismiss a suit by a Catholic priest against a podcaster and a frequent guest on the podcast, alleging that their podcasts defamed him and cast his exorcism…...
Anti-Abortion Advocates Urge EPA To Require Data Collection on Mifepristone in Water Systems
14+ hour, 43+ min ago (288+ words) Anti-abortion advocates are using a new strategy in their efforts to limit or ban the use of the abortion drug mifepristone. In July, the Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register a Rule Proposal (full text) to require certain…...
Satanic Temple Sues Over Denial of Use of Iowa Capitol Rotunda for Holiday Events
22+ hour, 9+ min ago (164+ words) In Iowa, private organizations and individuals may request use of space on the Capitol Grounds, including the Capitol Rotunda, for events that are open to the public. Earlier this month, The Satanic Temple filed suit in an Iowa federal district…...
Massachusetts Supreme Court Says Religious Statues Proposed for Public Building Violate State Constitution
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (312+ words) In Fitzmaurice v. City of Quincy, (MA Sup. Jud. Ct., Aug. 20, 2026), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a trial court's preliminary injunction barring the city of Quincy from installing two 10-foot-tall statues on the facade of a new public safety building....
Two Cert. Petitions Raising Issues of State Aid for Religious Instruction Filed
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (367+ words) Two petitions for certiorari raising First Amendment issues were filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court. Both involve the permissibility of state aid for religious instruction.A petition (full text) asking the Court to review a Virginia federal district court's…...
Churches Seek to Hold ICE In Contempt for Violating Injunction Limiting Enforcement Around Churches
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (165+ words) As previously reported, in February a Massachusetts federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring immigration officials from enforcing against plaintiffs in the case a new policy that allows ICE agents to conduct arrests, searches, or interrogations in or near…...
2nd Circuit: Church Autonomy Doctrine Bars Defamation Suit Against Church Leaders by Former Priest
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (136+ words) In Belya v. Kapral, (2d Cir., Aug. 18, 2026), a defrocked priest in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) sued church leaders and church entities for defamation. He claimed that defendants wrongly accused him of forging three letters from church leaders. The…...
9th Circuit: Suit Over Confiscation of Inmate's Wiccan Materials Should Not Be Dismissed on Summary Judgment
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (203+ words) In Goff v. Rode, (9th Cir., Aug. 18, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that an inmate presented sufficient evidence to create a dispute that should go to trial over whether confiscation of his Wiccan religious items constituted a substantial…...
Ministry Loses Challenge to Ban on Sex Offenders Living Near Places That Children Gather
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (275+ words) In Hope Prison Ministries v. City of Fort Worth, Texas, (ND TX, Aug. 14, 2026), a Christian ministry that operates transitional housing for former inmates, including sex offenders, challenged a Fort Worth Ordinance that bars registered child sex offenders from residing within 2,000 feet…...
4th Circuit Rejects DHS's Elimination of Protection Against Immigration Raids at Churches
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (156+ words) In Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, (4th Cir., Aug. 18, 2026), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Maryland federal district court's preliminary injunction that rejected DHS's 2025 rescission of a long-standing policy that severely limited…...