A Minnesota appeals court on Monday upheld the Twin Cities archdiocese's removal from a lawsuit filed by a librarian who alleges a Twin Cities Catholic school ended her employment after she came out as transgender.

The woman sued the Academy of Holy Angels and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in 2024, alleging the school violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act when officials didn't renew her contract after she told the principal she was transgender.

The archdiocese moved for dismissal, and a district court granted the motion, saying "the religious-freedom provisions in the United States and Minnesota Constitutions precluded [the] claims," according to the Court of Appeals' ruling.

In affirming a lower court's decision to dismiss the lawsuit against the archdiocese, the Co

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