Gloria Alicea-Hernandez v. The Catholic Bishop of Chicago, a Corporation Sole

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• recognizing that, if the plaintiff had raised claims based on disagreements with church policies, this might “contravene the First Amendment prohibition against excessive entanglement”
• applying ministerial exception to Hispanic Communications Director who functioned as a \press secretary\ for the church
• dismissing Title VII claim brought by Hispanic Communications Manager because she was responsible for publicly conveying the church's message, where plaintiff alleged she resigned after facing discrimination
• stating that it is not the court’s “role to determine whether the Church had a secular or religious reason for the alleged mistreatment of [plaintiff]” because “[t]he ‘ministerial exception’ applies without regard to the type of claims being brought”
• applying ministerial exception to Hispanic Communications Director who functioned as a \press secretary\ for the church
• applying the ministerial exception to a Hispanic Communications Manager who functioned as a \press secretary\ for the church

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