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Church’s Decision to Terminate Minister Constitutionally Protected Under “Ministerial Exception”

The First Department determined a minister who brought a wrongful termination action was, according to the terms of the personnel manual, an at will employee.  In addition the claim was barred by the ministerial exception under which a church’s decisions concerning the employment of a minister are constitutionally protected:

…[T]he ministerial exception also bars plaintiff’s claim, which primarily involves intra-church matters. “Under the ministerial exception’ …, a church’s decision to hire, to fire, and to prescribe the duties of its minister are commonly held to be constitutionally protected” … . Mills v Standing Gen Commn on Christian Unity & Interreligious Concerns, 2014 NY Slip Op 03437, 1st Dept 5-13-14

 

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