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RWEYEMAMU v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

No. 27108.

911 A.2d 319 (2006)

98 Conn.App. 646

Justinian RWEYEMAMU v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 12, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold H. Burbank II, Canton, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Charles Krich, principal attorney, for the appellee (named defendant).

Meredith G. Diette, Norwich, for the appellee (defendant Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich).

FLYNN, C.J., and GRUENDEL and PETERS, Js.

PETERS, J.

The first amendment to the United States constitution protects religious institutions from governmental interference with their free exercise of religion.1 Accordingly, many courts have recognized a ministerial exception to judicial authority to adjudicate employment disputes between religious institutions and their religious leaders. In this case, the commission on human rights and...

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