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"We shouldn't jump to conclusions because of one extraordinary, tragic case. But rabbis do need to be cautious and careful in recognizing mental personality disorders. We may have a need for insurance. "We live in a litigious socie- ty where everybody sues everybody," he said. One lawsuit which pro- mpted concern was filed in 1976 and later dropped against New Jersey Rabbi Jeshaia Schnitzer, also a family and marriage counselor. It left the rabbi tangled in a two-year legal battle that he said caused "anguish, long hours with lawyers, tedious stretches of time writing depositions and a long period when my study was closed to people who wanted to come and see me with their problems?' Rabbi Schnitzer, interview- ed by phone from his New Jersey office, was sued for $25,000 for money paid by a couple who came to him for marriage counseling. The couple claimed the rabbi did not render proper counseling. They got divorced. Eventually, the plaintiff agreed to settle out of court for no money if the rabbi would help him secure a Jewish divorce, sign a waiver agreeing not to countersue for damages caused by the malpractice suit, and ask his former wife to be more civil toward him. "Today, I weigh my words more carefully; I watch my relationships more cautious- ly; I ask for God's protection daily; and I have a feeling of `settlement' when I recall the million dollar policy which protects me in the tempests and storms which can sud- denly blow up in the seeming- ly serene rabbi's study," Rab- bi Schnitzer wrote in an arti- cle in "Conservative Judaism." Rabbi Schnitzer said the pending appeal and his situa- tion are reasons enough that all clergy members should protect themselves with in- surance policies. That idea is absurd to some area Orthodox rabbis, who said suing rabbis for damages when there is no direct cause violates Halachah, Jewish law. Yet many Orthodox realize that Halachah won't hold up in a civil court. "If it is going to reach a point where people continue to sue everybody, we will just get insurance," said Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg of the Bais Chabad of West Bloom- field. "The issue of suing has gone beyond the balance of reason. It is unfortunate. When people come to a rabbi, they must respect Halachah." Religious groups have rallied to the aid of the California church ministers, "Clergy should carry malpractice insurance because our society is becoming more litigious." whose case is pending in the state's Supreme Court. The fundamentalist Grace Com- munity Church in Sun Valley claims it is protected by the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom and church-state separation laws. Parents of the late Kenneth Nally claim four ministers wrongly counseled their son by saying his depression was caused by sin and that suicide wouldn't prevent him from go- ing to heaven. The ministers did not tell anyone that Nal- ly spoke of suicide. Ministers, the family alleges, should be held to the same legal standards as other professional counselors. "If the Supreme Court holds the church responsible, a lot more rabbis will take out insurance," said Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, executive vice presi- dent of the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly. "It is perceived as improper to hold a member of the clergy civilly liable?" added Howard Wallach, former chairman of the Jewish Com- munity Council's church/state committee. "But just because they are clothed with robes of the clergy is no reason they shouldn't be held accountable. "This is not a First Amend- ment issue — it is a counsel- ing issue," Wallach said. "Clergy should carry malpractice insurance because our society is becom- ing more litigious."