Dear Rev. Crystal Groves (Crystal Groves), Congratulations! Your Law and the Church submission passes. That fortune telling law is crazy. I think I have “Hex and Spellwork: The Magical Practices of the Pennsylvania Dutch,” btw. Let me check and see. I know I have something similar to that, but I don’t know if it’s the […]
Category: Law and the Church
As clergy within ADF, we need to be very aware of the laws of the land regarding clergy. The purpose of this course is to make the student familiar with the laws on a local, state, and national level. Over time and as more people have gone through this course, we will establish web pages on the clergy part of the ADF website listing all the laws that people have found.
Law and Church Works Cited
“TITLE 42 JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE § 5943 Confidential Communications to Clergymen.” The Pennsylvania General Assembly. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.059.043.000..HTM>. “TITLE 42 JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE SUBCHAPTER B. § 6311 Persons Required to Report Suspected Child Abuse.” The Pennsylvania General Assembly. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/23/00.063.011.000..HTM>. TITLE 23 DOMESTIC RELATIONS 1503. Persons […]
Law and the Church, #11
What are the regulations and options for prison ministry in your county and state? From a state level, the prison ministry regulations I’ve found are as follows: PA Chapter 95 Law in regards to County Correction Institutions § 95.237. Religion says that the follow are minimum requirements applicable to religion in correctional facilities (CHAPTER 95. COUNTY […]
Law and the Church, #10
What are the rules regarding outside worship for any local military base, and what happens if a soldier on that base wants access to a priest who is not in the military or not a military chaplain? If there are no local military bases, what are the general rules? The closest military base is either […]
Law and the Church, #9
Describe the mandatory reporting laws in your area and how they affect you as a clergyperson. Explain the process you would go through to file a report if it were necessary. Clergy do not have mandatory reporting laws outside of the IRS fundage. We are not required to report child abuse that is reported during […]
Law and the Church, #8
What is the difference between pastoral counseling and other kinds of counseling, and does the law differentiate between these types? What sort of license do you require in your state in order to perform counseling of any type? Does divination fall into this sort of counseling? The difference between pastoral counseling and other kinds of […]
Law and the Church, #7
How do you see these laws affecting how you serve your Grove, ADF, or the community as a whole? None of the particular laws for Pennsylvania or Federal law directly affect how I serve my Grove, ADF or the Folk. For the most part these laws are fair and just in terms of Clergy, and […]
Law and the Church, #6
Looking at those laws listed in questions 1 – 4 and how they affect you, are there any specific laws that seem out of place, unfair, or unjust? What is the avenue for change to these laws, and do you see change to these particular laws as necessary? The main law I see as unfair […]
Law and the Church, #5
How do laws of your nation, state, or local area respond to Paganism and Neo-Pagan clergy? Are there laws that prohibit certain functions our clergy usually serve (such as divination, counseling, or conducting marriages or funerals)? Does your country implicitly or explicitly state that Neo-Pagans cannot have clergy, or that they cannot perform certain functions […]
Law and the Church, #4
List nine (9) laws concerning clergy that you have found by searching your national laws. The Code of Federal Regulations and the IRS.gov website list several laws concerning clergy on a national level. 1. § 404.1023. Ministers of churches and members of religious orders. A minister is working in the exercise of the ministry when he […]