May Court consider bylaw change, embezzlement at church?

May Court consider bylaw change, embezzlement at church?

Courts are generally reluctant to get involved in church controversies for fear of becoming impermissibly entangled in ecclesiastical matters in violation of the First Amendment protection of religion.  But they do get involved where they can decide church disputes under “neutral principles of law” without having to decide issues of religious doctrine.

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