The daughter of Chuck Smith, the late Calvary Chapel movement founder, has filed a lawsuit against her father's California church and his successor, Brian Brodersen, claiming that Brodersen's actions helped prematurely remove Smith from leadership and betray Smith's desires for his ministry's legacy.
Janette Manderson filed the lawsuit against Brodersen—her brother-in-law and senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa (CCCM)—and the church's board on behalf of Kay Smith, her 87-year-old mother, who suffers from dementia.
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