Catholic High School Loses Ministerial Exception Defense In Suit By Former Teacher: This case may serve as an example of how the Hosanna-Tabor Supreme Court Decision is being understood or not understood at the local level. The Monrovia Patch reports that a California state trial court has rejected the ministerial exception defense raised by a Glendora, California Catholic high school in a suit by a former teacher who was fired for marrying his same-sex partner shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision.