TEXAS
Courthouse News Service
By DAVID LEE
DALLAS (CN) – A regional body of the United Methodist Church has called for protective orders in sexual misconduct lawsuits against an allegedly abusive pastor.
Jeffrey Carson, a former church member at St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas, filed suit eight months ago against St. Luke’s, the North Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and former pastor Tyrone Gordon in county court.
Last month, former St. Luke’s employees Anthony Bollin and Christopher Mosley filed similar, separate suits in county court.
All three men allege that Gordon engaged in sexual misconduct and harassment against male employees and parishioners at the church.
The conference filed three motions for protective orders last week, arguing that the claims exceeded the statute of limitations and that the plaintiffs failed to exhaust administrative remedies afforded by the federal Equal Employment & Opportunity Commission and Texas Workforce Commission.
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