Widow Of Pastor In Tribal Church Row Sees No Reason For High Court Review

Mealey's (April 13, 2021, 12:55 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The lower courts properly relied on the doctrine of ecclesiastical abstention in refusing to decide a church leadership dispute involving the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and doing otherwise would have gone against U.S. Supreme Court precedents, a pastor’s widow says in an April 8 brief in opposition filed at the high court’s request....