...doesn't intrude on the constitutional separation of church and state. The unanimous decision on Thursday allows Steven Odenthal to pursue a negligence claim against Lowell Rideout and possibly the Minnesota Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists...

...his former minister. In a 2-1 decision, the court reversed a Hennepin County District Court ruling that allowed Steven Odenthal's lawsuit against ex-minister Lowell Rideout and three Seventh-Day Adventists organizations to go forward...