Four retired Lutheran pastors are suing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, alleging that the church guaranteed lifetime annuity payments that it later decided to “drastically reduce.”
The pastors were told in September 2009 that their guaranteed retirement payments would be cut 9 percent in 2010, with more cuts in 2011 and 2012.
The plaintiffs are the Rev. Benjamin Johnson of Minnesota; the Rev. Ronald Lundeen and the Rev. Larry Cartford, both of Arizona; and the Rev. Arthur Haimerl of Ohio.
They are not alone.
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