Can an Organization legally promote slander?

Question

If a church or some such organization takes a negative action against someone, which is based on false and deliberately misleading information; Then both before and after the action refuse to even communicate with the person affected, are they guilty of slander, are they an accomplice to slander? (If in any way correct, please cite precidents)

What legal responsibility do they have?

Answer 1

slander assumes that there is some sort of public loss of face, so the hard part is proving the damages to the recipient
partial truths or full truths are not considered slander, even if they look negative, this is how radio personalities can derail someone one the air as long as they carefully stay on those guidelines

Answer 2

It depends on the context in which they use it. It could be a criminal fraud. However, it generally is not a statutory matter and falls in the realm of case law. Also, Slander is a tort claim; civil court. You can't be arrested for slander, but you can be sued.