October 20, 2025
A Pittsburgh Presbyterian seminary has agreed to settle a former interim director's suit claiming she was fired out of gender bias and for raising complaints that the seminary pushed a racially discriminatory background check policy, according to federal court filings.
July 17, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge rejected a Pittsburgh Presbyterian seminary's request to immediately appeal a ruling that the so-called ministerial exception doesn't bar a former interim director's sex discrimination suit, though the judge expanded upon her rationale for reaching that conclusion.
July 02, 2025
A Pittsburgh Presbyterian seminary promised to fight discrimination and promote diversity, but the promise was hollow, according to a former interim director who claims her bosses ignored her complaints about discrimination and responded to litigation by insisting the seminary fell under a "ministerial exemption" to antidiscrimination laws.