Ministerial Exception Defense Rejected In Suit By Transgender Catholic School Teacher

WABC News reports that a New York state trial court judge yesterday rejected a ministerial exception defense raised by St. Francis Catholic high school in Queens in a suit by a former teacher who claims to have been fired because she announced that she is transgendered.  Marla Krolikowskii, formerly known as Mark, had taught at the school for 32 years when she was fired in October 2012. The court rejected the argument that Krolikowsii is a "minister."  The school claims that Krolikowskii was fired for insubordination.