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A 52-year-old woman claims a Presbyterian pastor took advantage of his position as her counselor. But a judge says she sued after the statute of limitations expired. Meanwhile, she has sued another church for allegedly having security guards accost her.
By Peter Schelden
A lawsuit accusing a local church’s former pastor of a sexually manipulative extramarital relationship has been thrown out of court.
Carol Ann Carlson, 52, had sued The Presbyterian Church of the Master for negligence in hiring and supervising pastor Jack Loo, who resigned in December 2008 after an 11-year affair with Carlson, who had been one of his therapy clients.
But the case was dismissed and Carlson ordered to pay the church’s legal fees after an appeals court said the statute of limitations expired years ago.
Meanwhile, Carlson has a second lawsuit brewing against another church, this time alleging she was roughed up by security guards in 2010 (more on that case at the end of this story).
Carlson said she wouldn’t appeal the Presbyterian case ruling, which centered around allegations of sexual impropriety.
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