Court: Iowa church didn’t defame women exploited by pastor
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says an all-male church board’s characterization of female congregants who were pressured into sex with the pastor as sinning “adulteresses” who gave into “temptation” was constitutionally protected religious speech. In a ruling Friday, the court held that members of the Covenant Reformed Church’s board of elders […]