Salvation Army Settlement Ends Lawsuit Over Proselytizing Concerns

Feb. 19, 2010, The New York Times — To settle a longstanding suit alleging that the Salvation Army preached Christianity in the course of its government-financed social services work, an agreement has been reached to ensure that it does not do so, the New York Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday.

The settlement, approved by a federal judge in Manhattan, requires the numerous city, state and federal agencies named in the suit, including the Administration for Children’s Services and the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to set up monitoring systems to make sure that the Salvation Army does not violate church-state separation in its publicly financed dealings with clients.

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