Terms of Service

Agreement to Our Legal Terms: We are Clerus Solutions, LLC ("Company," "we," "us," "our"), a company registered in Michigan, United States, located at 1971 E Beltline Ave NE STE 106 #534, Grand Rapids, MI 49525. We operate the website https://www.clerus.co and its related products and services (collectively, the "Services"). Clerus is a cloud-based platform that helps Catholic dioceses coordinate Mass coverage. Priests and other designated users can post Mass coverage needs and claim available Masses, while diocesan administrators manage users, worship sites, and coverage activity. By accessing the Services, you agree to be bound by these legal terms. If you do not agree with all of these terms, please do not use the Services. We will notify you of any material updates to these terms via email or by displaying a prominent notice within the Clerus application. The Services are intended for users who are at least 18 years old.

Our Services: The Services are intended for use within the United States and Canada. Users who access the Services from other locations are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Intellectual Property Rights: We own or license all intellectual property rights in our Services, including the source code, software, designs, text, and graphics (the "Content"), as well as our trademarks and logos (the "Marks"). These are protected by copyright and trademark laws. We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access the Services and print portions of the Content solely for your internal, professional purposes. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or exploit our Services or Content for commercial purposes without our prior written permission.

User Representations: By using the Services, you confirm that you have the legal capacity to agree to these terms, you are not a minor, you will not access the platform through automated means (such as bots or scripts), and you will not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. If you provide any information that is untrue or inaccurate, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account.

Diocesan and User Responsibilities for Mass Coverage: Clerus provides a platform for coordination but does not verify the canonical standing, credentials, or faculties of any user. It is the sole responsibility of the diocesan administrators to ensure that any priest or user permitted to claim Masses within their diocese possesses the valid and current faculties, letters of good standing, and any other authorizations required by the diocese and Canon Law. If you use the Services to claim a Mass or coverage request, you agree that you are solely responsible for fulfilling that commitment. Clerus Solutions, LLC acts only as a scheduling tool; we are not liable for a user's failure to attend or adequately fulfill a claimed Mass, nor are we responsible for finding replacement coverage in the event of a cancellation. Furthermore, Clerus Solutions, LLC is not responsible or liable for any actions, conduct, omissions, or statements made by any priest or user while celebrating a Mass or administering sacraments coordinated through the platform.

Diocesan Subscriptions and End-User Access: Access to the Services is provided to individual users under a separate subscription agreement between Clerus Solutions, LLC and the applicable Catholic diocese or organization (the "Subscribing Diocese"). User accounts are provisioned and authorized solely at the discretion of the Subscribing Diocese. Individual users are not required to pay subscription fees. All billing is governed exclusively by the separate agreement with the Subscribing Diocese. Your access to the platform is contingent upon the Subscribing Diocese maintaining an active, paid subscription. Both the Subscribing Diocese and Clerus Solutions, LLC reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to suspend or permanently remove any user account at any time.

Prohibited Activities: You may not use the Services for any purpose other than coordinating Mass coverage. Specifically, you agree not to: retrieve data to create a competing database; trick or defraud us or other users; interfere with the platform's security features; harass or abuse others; upload viruses or malicious code; attempt to bypass security measures; copy or reverse-engineer our software; share login credentials with unauthorized users; coordinate services outside your diocese without authorization; scrape or export data without permission; or post coverage requests you are not authorized to make.

User Contributions and License: The Services allow you to post content related to Mass coordination, such as Mass times, location details, and coverage notes ("Contributions"). By posting, you confirm that your Contributions are accurate, do not infringe on anyone's privacy or intellectual property rights, and are not offensive or illegal. You retain full ownership of your data. However, to operate the platform, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, and display your Contributions to other authorized users within your diocese. We will not sell or use your Contributions for any purpose outside of facilitating the core scheduling functionality of the platform. We reserve the right to edit or delete content at our discretion without notice.

Third-Party Websites and Calendar Integrations: The Services may contain links to external sites, such as parish websites. We do not monitor these sites and are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. Additionally, the Service allows you to integrate with third-party calendars (like Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook). We do not control these third-party services and are not responsible for their availability, or for any missed appointments or data loss resulting from API outages on their end.

Services Management and Privacy: We reserve the right to monitor the Services for violations of these terms and to take appropriate action, including restricting access to protect our systems. We care about your data privacy; please review our Privacy Policy at https://www.clerus.co/privacy. By using the Services, which are hosted in the United States, you consent to having your data transferred to and processed in the U.S.

Term, Termination, and Modifications: These terms remain in effect while you use the Services. We may change, modify, or remove parts of the Services at any time without notice. We cannot guarantee the platform will be available at all times due to hardware, software, or maintenance needs, and we are not liable for any inconvenience caused by downtime. We may terminate your access to the Services at any time, without warning, for a breach of these terms.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution: These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan. To resolve issues efficiently, we agree to first attempt to negotiate any dispute informally for at least 30 days. If unresolved, the dispute will be settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in Kent, Michigan. You understand that by agreeing to this provision, you are waiving your right to sue in court and have a jury trial. Arbitration will be limited to the dispute between us individually; class-action arbitrations are not permitted. Disputes regarding intellectual property theft or injunctive relief are exempt from arbitration and may be decided by a court in Kent, Michigan.

Corrections and Disclaimers: There may occasionally be typographical errors or inaccuracies on the platform, which we reserve the right to correct without notice. The Services are provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the Services, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We assume no liability for errors in content, personal injury, property damage, unauthorized access to our secure servers, or any interruption of transmission to or from the Services.

Limitations of Liability: Under no circumstances will Clerus Solutions, LLC, our directors, employees, or agents be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special, or punitive damages, including lost profit or loss of data arising from your use of the Services. Our total liability to you for any cause whatsoever will at all times be limited to the amount paid by your Subscribing Diocese to us during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. Some laws do not allow the limitation of implied warranties or certain damages; if these laws apply to you, some of these disclaimers may not apply.

Indemnification: You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us and our affiliates harmless from any loss, damage, liability, or legal claim (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) made by a third party due to your use of the Services, your Contributions, or your breach of these terms.

User Data and Export: While we perform routine backups, you are responsible for the data you transmit, and we are not liable for any loss or corruption of that data. Upon the expiration or termination of a Subscribing Diocese's agreement, an authorized representative of the Diocese may request a data export in writing within 30 days. We will provide this in a standard electronic format. After 30 days, we reserve the right to delete the data. Individual end-users may not independently request a data export.

Electronic Communications and SMS: By using the platform or emailing us, you consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all electronic notices and agreements satisfy any legal requirement that they be in writing. By opting into Clerus text messaging, you consent to receive appointment reminders and account alerts to your mobile number. Standard message and data rates may apply. You may reply "STOP" to opt out at any time, or "HELP" for support.

Miscellaneous: These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us. Our failure to enforce any right or provision does not operate as a waiver. If any part of these terms is determined to be unlawful or unenforceable, that specific provision will be severed, and the remaining provisions will remain fully valid.

Contact Us: To resolve a complaint or request further information, please contact us at:

Clerus Solutions, LLC

1971 E Beltline Ave NE STE 106 #534

Grand Rapids, MI 49525

(616) 300-2219

support@clerus.co