Church, state at loggerheads in Wisconsin over teachers at Catholic schools
Jeff Johnson has this report in OneNews that begins:
In the latest battle between church and state, a church’s right to choose whom it employs is running headlong into the state’s authority to protect workers from alleged age discrimination.
Two Wisconsin courts have ruled that private schools operated by the Coulee Catholic diocese are not protected, under “ministerial exemption,” against age discrimination claims by a former employee. But Attorney Mike Johnson with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) hopes the schools will appeal the ruling . . .
Related:
WI court: no “ministerial exception” for Catholic School in teacher discrimination suit