Richard Hammar
Richard R. Hammar is an attorney and CPA specializing in legal and tax. issues affecting clergy and churches. He is editor of Church Law & Tax Report. This article is reprinted with permission from Church Law & Tax Report, July-August 1989.
Articles by Richard Hammar
Sexual molestation of children by church workers
January 1991
In recent years, hundreds of churches have been sued as a result of the sexual molestation of minors by church workers on church property or during church activities. While such cases often involve molestation of boys by male youth workers,…