Female Pastor Who Alleged Gender Discrimination in Church’s Hiring Loses in Court

A federal court has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman against New York’s Abyssinian Baptist Church after she was passed over for the senior pastor role, citing the “ministerial exception” that protects religious institutions from employment discrimination claims. While the church celebrated the ruling, Marshall Turman, a Yale professor and former assistant pastor, criticized the decision as a technicality and vowed to continue challen