CNN reports that a teacher who was fired after receiving fertility treatments has sued the St. Vincent de Paul and the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend. This could be a test of the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, which held that a teacher could not sue after being fired for threatening to bring suit against the school against church teachings because the teacher fell within the definition of minister.
Indianapolis TV station WRTV has coverage here.
The Huffington Post has a very good story here.
The Indiana Law Blog posts the complaint here.
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Court allows challenge to intracongregational dispute
Religion Clause posts this: Court Decides It Can Adjudicate Church's Factional Dispute
This is a very interesting decision based on the absence of religious arguments in the parties' dispute.
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