Pension fight raises moral concerns for ELCA, publisher

 
G. JEFFREY MacDONALD
Published: July 28, 2010

(RNS) As the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) fights to stay out of a legal battle over unpaid pension benefits, all sides agree on at least one point:

More is at stake than millions of dollars owed to some 500 pensioners of Augsburg Fortress, the ELCA's publishing arm.

Last month, the ELCA asked a federal court to be dropped from a suit filed by stakeholders in Augsburg 's recently dissol...


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