Senior Housing Managers Claim They Were Fired Because They Are Not Mormons

Courthouse News Service reported yesterday on a religious discrimination lawsuit filed in federal district court in Oregon by six former managers of senior housing facilities who claim that they were fired in part because they are not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They claim that their employer, Care Senior Living, is controlled by Sorenson Capital Partners (SCP). In turn, SCP strongly favors hiring and doing business with other members of the LDS Church. The lawsuit has garnered attention because the principals of SCP, including a number of its managing directors and officers, are former partners or executives at Bain Capital and Bain & Company.  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was a founder of Bain Capital after working for Bain & Co. The complaint (full text) in McCurdy v. Sorenson Capital Partners, LP, (D OR, filed 4/13/2012) alleges violation of state laws relating to religious and age discrimination as well as breach of contract claims. [Updated]