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INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline)- The Catholic Church can’t avoid a lawsuit by a gay teacher who was fired after the archbishop enforced a strict “morals clause” on his school, an Indiana appeals court ruled, reversing a trial judge’s dismissal of the case on First Amendment grounds.
Fired Cathedral teacher’s suit against archdiocese over same-sex marriage dismissed FREE NEWSLETTERS May 8, 2021 In a one-page order, Marion Superior Special Judge Lance Hamner did what a previous special judge and the Indiana Supreme Court had not done – dismiss the wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a gay teacher against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The ruling did not cite any precedent or provide any explanation for the court’s decision. Instead, court stated the plaintiff’s claims failed under the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure Rule 12 (B)(1) for lack of subject matter ju...