The Catholic aid organization was ordered Monday to pay $60,000 to a former gay employee after filing a lawsuit alleging sexual discrimination.
The former employee, known as “John Do” in the 2020 complaint, is gay in same-sex marriage. He was hired in June 2016 as a program data analyst for Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
DOE’s complaints He says in employment his husband was told he would be eligible for his employee’s health insurance plans. However, in November 2016, the CRS informed the DOE that same-sex spouses are not eligible for compensation. They said his spouse was accidentally added and his health insurance coverage would end by the end of the month.
The DOE negotiated with her boss until October 2017 when her spouse was dropped from the plan. Doe claims he was threatened with pushing the issue and ended.
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A federal judge ordered the Catholic Relief Services to pay $60,000 in a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee. (Dunkitwood/Getty Images)
The DOE complaint alleged that CRS discriminated against him based on gender, including sexual orientation. Reports of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act (MFEPA), the Maryland Equal Labor Act (Mepewa), and the Equal Pay and the Federal Equal Pay Act.
Monday’s ruling addressed DOE’s allegations of discrimination under the MFEPA.
As a religious group, the CRS argued that it falls under the exemption from religious groups contained in the state’s differentiation laws.
In her ruling, US District Judge Julie Rubin cited the Maryland Supreme Court conclusion that religious groups are exempt from sexual orientation discrimination.
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The attorney for a former Catholic Rescue Corps employee says his lawsuit, which alleges discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation, could set precedents in other cases, including a religious exemption from Maryland’s Fair Employment Practices Act. (istock)
The DOE held five full-time positions during his tenure at CRS, but was not essentially “explicitly religious,” the ruling states.
Judge Rubin ruled that doe “did not directly introduce the CRS core mission in any of his positions,” and held that CRS had to pay $60,000 in favor of violating his rights under the MFEPA.
The legal victory was the first in Maryland to apply the state Supreme Court test under the Maryland Supreme Court’s Religious Immunity Act. Doe’s lawyer says.
“I am extremely pleased with Judge Rubin’s decision and am honored for employers and employees to be part of a precedent setting case that Maryland law provides, especially the legal protections provided to LGBTQ+ workers,” the DOE said in a statement.
“We really hope that the CRS views this ruling as an opportunity to promote human dignity among same-sex marriage employees.
DOE received another legal victory over the organization in 2022 after US District Judge Catherine C. Blake controlled DOE’s support under the Civil Rights Act Title VII and the Equal Pay Act. Baltimore Sun It has been reported.
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CRS is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that serves as the official international humanitarian organisation of the US Catholic community. The group “works in the Catholic social education spirit to support people who are in poverty and disadvantaged overseas, and to promote the sanctity of human life and human dignity,” the website says.
According to Report In national Catholic reporters, the CRS was forced to close the program this year and fire staff after President Donald Trump demolished the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
CRS receives more USAID support than any other NGO. The Associated Press reported, USAID funded about half of CRS’ $1.2 billion budget in 2023.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 11 that the State Department will complete a six-week review and cancel more than 80% of the USAID program. This leads to the elimination of approximately 5,200 programs out of USAID’s 6,200 programs.
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CRS has been released statement In response, he urged the Trump administration to rethink, saying these cuts threaten “millions of lives” overseas.
Diana Stancy of Fox News contributed to this report.
