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Court: Methodist bishops must testify in sex abuse case

by Associated Press
| January 24, 2020 11:35 AM

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two United Methodist bishops must testify in a lawsuit filed by a one-time church member who claimed he was sexually abused, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday, turning away the church leaders' efforts to stay out of the case.

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