Legal Issues and Religious Counseling

by Ronald K. Bullis (Editor), Cynthia S. Mazur (Editor)

Overview

This much-needed work examines the three most litigated areas in clergy counseling: breaches of confidentiality, sexual misconduct, and the content and quality of counseling service. The authors provide clear and concise explanations of clauses in the U.S. Constitution pertaining to religion as well as up-to-date accounts of cases against clergy and their employers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664253868
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	05/01/1993
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1330L (what's this?)

About the Author

Ronald K. Bullis is a licensed professional counselor and certified sex educator. Bullis is a former associate pastor at Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. He has written many articles on law, counseling, and spirituality.

Cynthia S. Mazur is a United Church of Christ minister currently working in disaster assistance as an attorney at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
1.	The First Amendment and Religious Counseling: A Legal Exegesis	7
2.	Tort Law: Clergy Negligence, Clergy Malpractice, and the Duty to Protect the Counselee	22
3.	The Expanding Vulnerability of Religious Counselors to Legal Action: Sexual Misconduct and the Duty to Protect Third Parties	33
4.	State Regulation of Religious Counselors	44
5.	Privileged Communication for Religious Counselors	68
6.	Laws Limiting the Clergy Privilege	90
7.	General Trends and Patterns of Religious Counseling Liability	102
8.	A Legal Audit for Religious Counselors	111
	Glossary	121
	List of Abbreviations Used in References	125