THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHURCH OF THE LORD BROTHERHOOD INTERNATIONAL vs. REVEREND PASTOR MARGARET AMOAH AND PRIMATE K. ADOFO [2017]DLHC4086

THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHURCH OF THE LORD BROTHERHOOD INTERNATIONAL vs. REVEREND PA... [2017]DLHC4086

Date	2017-11-15
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/21/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4086

DENNIS DOMINIC ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

CECILIA H. SOWAH J.A

L. L. MENSAH J.A.

ERIC KWAME ATIEKU ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

S. K. OKPOTI MENSAH ESQ. FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS.

[2017]DLHC4086
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THE TRUSTEES OF THE
CHURCH OF THE LORD BROTHERHOOD INTERNATIONAL<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0">REVEREND PASTOR MARGARET
AMOAH AND PRIMATE K. ADOFO<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p>CIVIL
APPEAL
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ERIC
KWAME ATIEKU ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.
<o:p></o:p>S.
K. OKPOTI MENSAH, ESQ. FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>DENNIS
DOMINIC
ADJEI,
J.A. (PRESIDING) CECILIA H. SOWAH, J.A. L. L.
MENSAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>L. L. MENSAH, J.A. <o:p></o:p>Facts:
<o:p></o:p>Until
1998, the parties belonged to one communion of the Christian faith called the
Church of the Lord Brotherhood. It had branches all over Ghana, Africa and
beyond. The headquarters of the church was in Kumasi
with the second defendant who was later joined to 1st defendant pastor as the
leader and head of the church. The leader of plaintiff was deputy to the 2nd
defendant as the overall head. There was prevailing peace among both the senior
members, the clergy and the laity in all the branches until the peace of the
church was rocked by differences in the doctrine of the church. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Among
some of the doctrinal practices of the Church of the Lord Brotherhood was that
members were not to wear shoes to enter the temple of the church. Secondly
women in their menses were confined to sit at a special place of the temple
called the “tent". As the leader of the church, the 2nd
defendant summoned senior pastors of the church called “Diocesan heads” to a
three day retreat from 25th to 28th May 1998 in Kumasi. The leader of the
plaintiff church who is deputy to the
2nd
defendant aforementioned, was also present and participated fully in the
deliberations of the retreat and the decisions taken to change two of the
doctrines of the church. <o</main>