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Indiana Supreme Court Rules Against Fired Gay Church Worker’s Discrimination Claim

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The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ right to fire a Catholic high school teacher because of his same-gender marriage. Read More

Appeals Court Reinstates Fired LGBTQ Church Worker’s Discrimination Lawsuit

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A court has reinstated the discrimination lawsuit of an LGBTQ former church worker fired by a Catholic high school. Read More

Court Dismisses Fired Gay Church Worker’s Discrimination Lawsuit for Unclear Reasons

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An Indiana court has dismissed a fired church worker's lawsuit against the archdiocese that pursued his termination over his same-gender marriage, though the reasons for the dismissal are unclear. Meanwhile, the discrimination lawsuits of two fire church workers in that archdiocese have been allowed to proceed. Read More

Judge Questions Authority of Indianapolis Archdiocese to Fire Gay Employee

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An Indiana judge has allowed a fired gay teacher’s lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to proceed by calling into question the Archdiocese’s authority over employment decisions in its Catholic schools. Read More

Trump Administration Backs Archdiocese That Forced Catholic School to Fire Gay Employee

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Today's post includes three updates out of Indianapolis regarding church employment disputes. First, the Trump administration has stated its support for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, which is being sued by an employee fired from a Catholic school because of their same-gender marriage. Second, a canon lawyer has said the Vatican's lifting of ecclesiastical suspensions against Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School is "exceptional." Third, Shelly Fitzgerald participated in a Democratic presidential debate. Read More

Amidst Indianapolis Employment Disputes, Local Catholic Sees Hope and Freedom

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As the new school year starts here in Indianapolis, two Catholic high schools are missing key faculty and staff who were terminated this past year because of their same-gender marriages. A third Catholic school lives under sanctions by the local archbishop for refusing to discriminate. But in these unjust situations, I find there is a certain freedom and a hope coming forth, too. Read More

High School That Fired LGBTQ Church Workers Now Threatens Critical Students With Expulsion

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A Catholic high school which has so far fired two LGBTQ church workers is now... Read More

Fired Church Worker Settles with Catholic School, Sues Archdiocese for Discrimination

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A gay church worker has settled with the Catholic school which fired him over his same-gender marriage, but the worker is still suing the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. News also broke that the church worker is husband to a gay church worker which a nearby Catholic school refused to fire. Read More

Hundreds Protest Archbishop’s Policy Behind Multiple LGBTQ Church Worker Firings

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Protests have continued in Indianapolis amid ongoing LGBTQ-related church employment disputes, but the archbishop is doubling down on the policies that have led to multiple firings so far. Read More

New Ways Ministry Criticizes Archdiocese of Indianapolis for Firing LGBTQ Teacher

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Another LGBTQ teacher at an Indianapolis Catholic high school has been fired because of an ultimatum presented by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis:  fire the teacher or lose the right to call the school “Catholic.” Coming just days after another Catholic high school in the same city lost its ability to call itself “Catholic” for refusing to fire another LGBTQ teacher, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, for the good of the Church, to stop and re-consider its punitive policies. Read More