STERLINSKI v. CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO

No. 18-2844.

934 F.3d 568 (2019)

Stanislaw STERLINSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Gomberg , Luanne M. Galovich , Attorneys, Gomberg & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James C. Geoly , Alexander David Marks , Attorneys, Burke, Warren, Mackay & Serritella, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Daniel Howard Blomberg , Eric C. Rassbach , Attorneys, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty and Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

Christopher Pagliarella , Attorney, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

Before Easterbrook, Sykes, and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


Saint Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Parish in Chicago hired Stanislaw Sterlinski in 1992 as Director of Music. In 2014 the Parish's priest (Anthony Dziorek, C.R.) demoted Sterlinski to the job of organist and in 2015 fired him outright. He contends in this employment-discrimination suit against the Bishop of Chicago...

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