Legal Opinion
Stanislaw Sterlinski v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 2019No. 18-2844PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Easterbrook, Circuit Judge.
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 that the Parish held his Polish heritage against him. Until his demotion he could have been fired for any reason, because as Director of Music he held substantial authority over the conduct of religious services and would have been treated as a "minister"…
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