Herx v. Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Inc et al

  1. March 12, 2013

    Diocese Can't Duck Bias Suit Over IVF-Related Firing

    A federal judge refused Monday to dismiss a discrimination suit brought against an Indiana diocese by a Catholic-school teacher who lost her job after undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment, despite the diocese's claim that religious exceptions to Title VII and disability law doomed her case.

  2. June 22, 2012

    Ministerial Exception Bars IVF Bias Suit, Diocese Says

    An Indiana diocese on Thursday asked a court to toss a lawsuit brought by a Catholic school teacher who was fired after undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment, arguing that federal discrimination laws provide for a ministerial exception and that if the case were not barred by that exception, then the laws were unconstitutional.

  3. May 14, 2012

    Ministerial Exception Bars IVF-Related Firing Suit, Diocese Says

    An Indiana diocese told a federal court Monday that a former Catholic school teacher's lawsuit alleging she was wrongly fired after undergoing in vitro fertilization is barred by the ministerial exception to employment discrimination laws.

  4. April 27, 2012

    Catholic-School Teacher Files ADA Suit After IVF-Related Firing

    A Catholic-school teacher in Indiana who said she was called a "grave immoral sinner" by her boss and fired after undergoing in vitro fertilization hit the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and her school with a suit last week alleging discrimination.

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