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On March 5, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC)
ruled in
DeWeese-Boyd v. Gordon College, et.
al. that an associate professor at a private, Christian
liberal arts college did not constitute a ministerial employee and
could pursue claims against the college under various Massachusetts
anti-discrimination laws. The decision has far-reaching
implications for religious employers in Massachusetts, as the SJC
significantly narrowed the application of the so-called ministerial
exception to Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws and clarified
that not all educators at religious institutions qualify as
ministers under the law.
In
DeWeese-Boyd, the plaintiff, a tenured
Associate Professor at Gordon College (the College ),
alleged that the College discriminated against her on the basis of