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Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, has filed a revised motion seeking to dismiss an amended class-action lawsuit accusing its former leaders of misappropriating millions of dollars in donations made by thousands of members over more than a decade by leaning into the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, which holds that courts lack jurisdiction over matters of religion.

Church members accused Gateway Church, its founder Robert Morris and founding elder Steve Dulin of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970. RICO is a federal law designed to combat organized crime by holding leaders responsible for the criminal activities of their organizations.

In multiple filings in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Sherman Division o

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