By Tom McKinney
NJ Employment Attorney
NJ Employment Attorney
An appeals court has ruled to allow a former teacher to continue her lawsuit against a New Jersey Catholic school for firing her because she became pregnant while unmarried.
Court records show Victoria Crisitello was fired from St. Theresa School in Kenilworth in 2014 after telling the principal she was pregnant.
Crisitello later filed a lawsuit claiming she was discriminated against due to her pregnancy and her marital status.
A court previously granted the school’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit in November 2016, saying the state Law Against Discrimination includes a “broad exemption for religious institutions.”