Ministerial exception to workplace claims.
Court upholds ministerial exception that protects religious organizations' autonomy from employment discrimination lawsuits.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the religion clauses of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution bar judges from second-guessing the decisions of religious institutions about ministers entrusted with carrying out their religious mission.
But what is a “religious institution” under this ministerial exception? And who counts as a “minister” barred from challenging personnel decisions?
Click here to read the full article written by SCMV Shareholder Dan Eaton and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.