#Ministerial Exception Bars Former #Priest's Title VII Claims

In Obienu v. Archdiocese of #NewOrleans, (ED LA, Dec. 11, 2025), a #Louisiana federal district court held that a former priest's Title VII claims against his archdiocese are barred by the #ministerialexception doctrine. Plaintiff, a #UnitedStates citizen of #Nigerian origin, claimed that clergy in the New Orleans archdiocese mistreated him in a number of ways.

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