DAYNER v. ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD

No. 18468.

23 A.3d 1192 (2011)

301 Conn. 759

Patricia DAYNER v. ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorinda S. Coon , with whom, on the brief, was Jeffrey C. Pingpank , Hartford, for the appellants (defendants).

Henry F. Murray , with whom, on the brief, was Nicole M. Rothgeb , Hartford, for the appellee (plaintiff).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, McLACHLAN, EVELEIGH and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.


NORCOTT, J.

This appeal requires us to consider the contours of the ministerial exception, under the first amendment to the United States constitution,1 to Connecticut courts' subject matter jurisdiction over certain employment related claims brought against religious institutions. The plaintiff, Patricia Dayner, brought this action against the defendants, the Archdiocese of Hartford (archdiocese) and Father Stephen Bzdyra, pastor of Saint...

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