Split 7th Circuit Declines To Expand Reach Of Ministerial Exception

Mealey's (September 9, 2020, 12:10 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A split Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 31 partially reversed a ruling on bias claims brought against a church by a former employee, ruling that the "ministerial exception" doesn't bar all statutory hostile environment claims (Sandor Demkovich v. St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, et al., No. 19-2142, 7th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 27653)....