CALIFORNIA
Leagle

CAROL ANN CARLSON, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE MASTER et al., Defendants and Respondents.
No. G043987, Consol. with G044298.
Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.
Filed February 14, 2012.

The Arkin Law Firm and Sharon J. Arkin for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Greene, Fidler, Chaplan & Hicks, Greene, Fidler & Chaplan and Richard J. Greene for Defendant and Respondent The Presbyterian Church of the Master.

Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O’Keefe & Nichols, David J. O’Keefe, William R. Johnson and Vangi M. Johnson for Defendant and Respondent Presbytery of Los Ranchos.

OPINION

FYBEL, J.

INTRODUCTION

Pastor Jack Loo, an employee of The Presbyterian Church of the Master (Church of the Master) provided counseling services to Carol Ann Carlson. After eight years of counseling, Loo and Carlson’s relationship became sexual, and continued as such for 11 more years….