A former music director at a Maryland church can sue her former church employer for sexual harassment, but not retaliation, rules the U.S. Supreme Court, declining to hear appeals in the case from the Maryland Court of Appeals.
In the Maryland appeals court below, the Maryland Court of Appeals had ruled that sexual harassment is not a matter of church ministry and therefore not barred by the "ministerial exception".
The plaintiff in the case, former church music director Mary Linklater, is now eligible to pursue the $1.35 million judgment she received in her first trial.
[The Daily Record, Tuesday, 4-17-2012]
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