Article January 1, 1996 Issue

Update from the General Counsel of The Mother Church

The General Counsel of The Mother Church has previously reported on the case known as Weaver, et al. V. Wood, et al.,^{^{See report from the General Counsel to members of The Mother Church dated August 11, 1995. (To receive a copy of this report, or of papers filed or court orders entered in the case, write to: Office of the General Counsel, A–166; The First Church of Christ, Scientist; 175 Huntington Avenue; Boston, MA 02115–3187 U.S.A.)} and in the September 25, 1995, Sentinel explained that on August 30, 1995, the Massachusetts Superior Court denied the motion for summary judgment filed by present and former officers of The Mother Church and The Christian Science Publishing Society. Events since then are summarized below.}

On September 29, 1995, the defendant officers petitioned the Massachusetts Appeals Court for permission to file an appeal from the Superior Court's decision. In support of that petition, an amicus curiae ("friend-of-the-court") brief was filed with the Appeals Court by thirteen prominent religious organizations: Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, The National Council of The Churches of Christ in the USA., The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, The Christian Legal Society, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The Church of the Nazarene, The National Association of Evangelicals, The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, The New England Conference of the United Methodist Church, The Presbyterian Church USA, The United States Catholic Conference, and The Worldwide Church of God.

On November 9, 1995, Justice Jacobs of the Appeals Court granted the defendants' request for appellate review. In his order, Justice Jacobs said:

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