Catholic Charities Bureau is challenging that assertion by arguing that its charitable functions are part of its Catholic faith. The charity’s lawyers have also cautioned that the ruling could set a dangerous precedent that would force the charity or other religious organizations to cooperate with actions that violate their religious beliefs.
Wisconsin law allows religious organizations to opt out of the state’s unemployment system if they can provide comparable services through a private, non-state system. This applies to “an organization operated primarily for religious purposes and operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or convention or association of churches” or “by a duly ordained, commissioned or licensed minister of a church in the exercise of his or her ministry or by a member of a religious order in the exercise of duties required by such order,” according to state law.
In a press release from Becket, the law firm representing the organization, Bishop James Powers of the Diocese of Superior noted that the work of the charity is religious.
“As our diocese’s social ministry arm, Catholic Charities Bureau and their subsidiary ministries provide essential resources to the most vulnerable members of our community,” Powers said. “These ministries carry out the redeeming work of Our Lord by reflecting Gospel values; everything they do is steeped in the mission of the Church.”
On Wednesday, the court granted the charity’s request to hear its case and ordered that it file a brief within 30 days. The court ordered the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission to file a brief or a statement that there will be no brief within 20 days of the charity’s filing.
Tyler Arnold is a staff reporter for the National Catholic Register. He previously worked at The Center Square and has been published in a variety of outlets, including The Associated Press, National Review, The American Conservative and The Federalist.
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