Appeals Court Rules That a Catholic School Can Fire Its Counselor Over Her Same-Sex Marriage

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that an Indianapolis Catholic high school was allowed to fire its guidance counselor because she is in a same-sex marriage.

Shelly Fitzgerald was fired from Roncalli High School in Indianapolis in 2018 after working there for 14 years after the school discovered that she is married to a woman. Fitzgerald sued the school over her firing.

The school argued that Fitzgerald fell into the “ministerial exception,” which allows religious institutions to fire employees for their personal beliefs. The exception generally applied to those whose work was directly involved in religious practice, but the Supreme Court expanded the rule to include teachers at religious schools in 2020.

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