Only Church Music Director’s Disability Bias Claim Survives Ministerial Exception

Mealey's (October 10, 2018, 7:23 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A church music director’s claims of hostile work environment based on his sexual orientation, gender and marital status are all barred under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s “ministerial exception,” but he may proceed with his claim based on his disability, an Illinois federal judge ruled Sept. 30 (Sandor Demkovich v. St. Andrew the Apostle Parish Calumet City, et al., No. 16-11576, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168584)....