Calvary Temple Church of Evansville, Inc. v. Gerard A. Kirsch

── Calvary Temple Church of Evansville, Inc. v. Gerard A. Kirsch ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00378 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Our legislature limits the duties that a nonprofit religious organization, like a church, owes to persons entering its premises. For an invitee—one who enters the premises with the church’s actual or implied permission— the church’s twin duties are to warn of hidden dangers of which it has actual knowledge and not to harm the entrant intentionally. Unless the church breaches one of these limited duties, it is not liable for injuries sustained on its premises. This limitation of liability does not apply to all church premises.