in Re: Congregation B'Nai Zion of El Paso

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § No. 08-21-00211-CV § IN RE: CONGREGATION B’NAI ZION OF AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN EL PASO § MANDAMUS § § OPINION Relator Congregation B’Nai Zion of El Paso petitions the Court for a writ of mandamus ordering the trial court to grant its plea to the jurisdiction based on the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine and the ministerial exception. We partially grant Relator’s petition. I. BACKGROUND Relator employed real-party-in-interest Debra Pazos as its executive director for approximately three years. Relator fired her on September 2,…