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Court decides to continue 'ministerial exception' to claims of sex bias, after all.(NEWSWATCH)
A federal appeals court reversed its previous ruling that courts can entertain employment claims brought by clergy against religious entities. In a rare move, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned its May 2006 ruling and now endorses the "ministerial exception."
The rulings stem from a 2004 lawsuit filed by a former female chaplain at Gannon University, a Catholic school in Pennsylvania. Lynette Petruska sued the school after ...
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