Show MIXISTLRS BAD BREAK r He Libels n Young Woman While Prayliis to God L Angeles Cal April 2nJudge Clark has overruled the demurrer interposed in-terposed by Rev J C CJimjb3il n the suit charging him with slandering Miss Tessa L Kelso the librarian of the Los Angeles public library The basis of the action was a prayer offered by the defendant before his congregation congrega-tion in the First Methodist Episcopal church in which ho sad Oh Lord vouchsafe thy saving grace to the librarian of the Los Angeles An-geles city library and cleanse her from all sin and make her a woman worthy of her office Rev oce Campbell in his demurrer took the position that his statement a privileged The court held that a slander can be perpetrated In a prayer as readily a in any other form of speech and that no communication made by parson or priest to his congregation is privileged because of such relation unless perhaps per-haps when made In the discharge of his pastoral duties with one subject to the discipline of the church and then only unless made without malice |