Ministerial Exception Doctrine Bars ADA Claim By Adventist Music Teacher: In Curl v. Beltsville Adventist School, (D MD, Aug. 15, 2016), a Maryland federal district court held that the ministerial exception doctrine applies to prevent a music teacher at a Seventh Day Adventist school from pursuing federal claims under the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. The teacher sued when her contract was terminated because she was unable to return fully to work a number of months after being seriously injured in a fall at work
