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First Amendment defense signaled in sex abuse case

Sovereign Grace Ministries has signaled that it may lean on the First Amendment - a defense that religious institutions have used repeatedly and with some limited success in the last decade to inoculate themselves from sex abuse claims - as it fights a lawsuit and criminal charges.

Wednesday - 02/20/2013, 08:50pm EST

Tags: courts, sex abuse, First Amendment, Sovereign Grace Ministries