August 13, 1999

Virginia Judge Rejects Bond Issue Sought by Regent U.

By PETER MONAGHAN

The Commonwealth of Virginia cannot approve a tax-exempt bond issue for Regent University, which was founded by the religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, because the institution is "pervasively sectarian," and such a bond issue would violate the constitutional separation of church and state, a state judge ruled last month.

Regent, a graduate-level university in Virginia Beach, has a governing board appointed by

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