Richard Tomic v. Catholic Diocese of Peoria

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• holding that because the plaintiff selected the music to be played and played that music at Mass, he performed \traditionally ecclesiastical or religious\ tasks
• holding that because the plaintiff selected the music to be played and played that music at Mass, he performed “traditionally ecclesiastical or religious” tasks
• holding that exception applied to director of music because he selected music to be played at Mass and played the chosen music, thus performing religiously significant tasks
• stating that “the ministerial exception . . . is not subject to waiver or estoppel”
• stating that “the ministerial exception . . . is not subject to waiver or estoppel”
• noting that “RFRA is applicable only to suits to which the government is a party” and that to decide otherwise would be “unsound”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).