A Brooklyn appellate panel has thrown out a breach of fiduciary duty claim filed against a church by two sisters who were having affairs with the same pastor.

A unanimous Appellate Division, Second Department, panel ruled that the sisters, who were each married and unaware of the other’s affair, failed to establish “de facto control and dominance” by the pastor, as required by the New York Court of Appeals.

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