6th Circuit: Claims Based On Pastor’s Sexual Acts; No Coverage For $4.35M Award

(July 8, 2016, 1:47 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 5 affirmed a lower federal court’s finding that because underlying claims were based on an associate pastor’s sexual acts, the victims and their parents cannot recover a $4.35 million award against the pastor from his church’s insurer because the policy does not cover an individual's sexual misconduct and because Ohio public policy prohibits insurance for the sexual abuse of a minor (Jacquin Clifford, et al. v. Church Mutual Insurance Co., No. 15-4154, 6th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 12541)....

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