The “ministerial exception” that protects churches and church-related entities from many employment suits does not protect a Catholic elementary school from suit by a fifth grade teacher who claims she was terminated in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, has reversed a District Court decision dismissing the case. Kristin Biel claims she was improperly terminated after she told the administration at St. James Catholic School, a parish school within the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and would be required to miss work for surgery and chemotherapy. Although she had received a “very...