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Legal Developments

Issues that affect ministers and churches

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State	Title	Category
	Court Cannot Rule on Sexual Harassment Claims from Church Employees October 2022	Ministerial Exception; Sexual Harassment
	Missouri Federal Court Further Defines “Ministerial Exception” July 2022	Ministerial Exception
	Priest Claimed Defamatory and False Statements Led to His Dismissal June 2022	Clergy - Discipline and Removal; Ministerial Exception
	Discrimination Claim Brought Against School that Fired Gay Teacher Allowed to Proceed June 2022	Employment Practices; Ministerial Exception
	Former School Counselor’s Discrimination Claims Barred by Ministerial Exception May 2022	Employment Practices; Ministerial Exception
	Court Barred by “Ministerial Exception” from Deciding a Gay Pastor’s Discrimination Lawsuit May 2022	Clergy - Discipline and Removal; Ministerial Exception
	A Teacher Was Not Barred from Suing a Christian College for Discrimination August 2021	Ministerial Exception
	Court Refused to Extend the Clergy-Penitent Privilege to an Unordained, Self-Proclaimed Minister May/June 1988	Confidential and Privileged Communications; Counseling; Ministerial Exception