7th Circuit: Ministerial Exception Applies To Minister-On-Minister Harassment

Mealey's (August 11, 2021, 2:44 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A split en banc Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 9 ruled that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s ministerial exception applies to hostile work environment claims based on minister-on-minister harassment as adjudicating such claims would “undermine this constitutionally protected relationship” and “result in civil instruction upon, and excessive entanglement with, the religious realm.”...