Wonderful example of hierarchies masquerading as a religion.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court held that a father could restrict his ex-wife from taking his daughter to a particular church in which the pastor disparaged the father during the service and preached on topics that affected the relationship between father and daughter.
The mother was taking their child to services at Calvary Chapel Greater Portland where the pastor testified to teaching about the terrors of hell and of the Great Tribulation. Bradeen said this led his daughter to question why her father and his other child would not be going to heaven. Without consulting with her ex-husband, the mother also arranged for the child to be baptized, took their daughter to a political rally with other church members, and allowed her to go on a retreat where she was not permitted to have her cell phone.
The mother also took their daughter to a church service where the pastor offered a six-and-a-half-minute-long prayer, during which he referenced her ex-husband by name, described him as in need of salvation, accused him of attacking the church, and described the child as being persecuted. Bickford did not remove her daughter during the prayer, which Bradeen argues has endangered their relationship.
https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/bickford-v-bradeen-maine-supreme-judicial-court-sept-1-2026/
