Charleston Shootings

Emanuel AME pastor sues former parishioners for defamation

Associated Press
Rev. Norvel Goff addresses mourners at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. during the funeral service for Sen. Clementa Pinckney Friday, June 26, 2015, in Charleston. Pinckney was one of nine killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church. President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy.
Rev. Norvel Goff addresses mourners at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. during the funeral service for Sen. Clementa Pinckney Friday, June 26, 2015, in Charleston. Pinckney was one of nine killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church. President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy. Grace Beahm The Post and Courier
CHARLESTON, SC

The interim pastor of the South Carolina church where nine black church members were shot to death during a Bible study is suing members of his former church for slander.

Multiple media organizations reported the Rev. Norvel Goff filed a lawsuit earlier this month against 18 members of the Reid Chapel AME in Columbia. The lawsuit claim said church members defamed him by saying church funds were mishandled under Goff’s watch.

Reid Chapel had been led by Goff before he was named interim pastor of Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church in June.

The Reid Chapel members sued their church and the foundation operating the church’s school to get access to financial records and bank accounts as they seek the reasons for a $558,000 debt. Goff was not named as a defendant.

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