The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that religious freedom rights protect the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis from being sued by a teacher who was fired from his job at a Catholic high school for being in a same-sex marriage.

A gay teacher at a Catholic high school in Indianapolis sued the Archdiocese after he was fired. The Indiana Supreme Court must now decide whether his case against the Archdiocese will move forward.

In May, a special judge with the Marion County Superior Court dismissed the case without explanation. Joshua Payne-Elliott appealed the dismissal later that month, and on Tuesday, the Indiana Court of Appeals issued a ruling that said the lower court should not have thrown out the case.

A teacher who sued the Archdiocese of Indianapolis after he was fired from a Catholic high school because of his same-sex marriage is appealing the dismissal of the case.

A lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis that accused it of forcing a school to fire a teacher because of his same-sex marriage was dismissed last week.

Cathedral High School is naming a new scholarship fund in honor of alum Chris Beaty, a former Indiana University football player and businessman who was slain in downtown Indianapolis last May during unrest following the death of George Floyd.

The Vatican temporarily suspended a decree by the Indianapolis Archdiocese to no longer recognize Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School.

Catholic church leaders in Indianapolis are citing the First Amendment as a defense to a lawsuit filed by a teacher fired because he's in a same-sex marriage.

Students were welcomed back to school Thursday by rainbow streamers decorating the campus entrance.

The teacher fired from an Indianapolis Catholic school last month because he is in a same-sex marriage filed a lawsuit today against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.