Dismissal of a Catholic doctor from a managerial position by a Catholic hospital due to his remarriage after a divorce may constitute unlawful discrimination on grounds of religion, said the European Court of Justice in a ruling on Tuesday 11 September (Case C-68/17).
J.Q., a Roman Catholic, worked as Head of the Internal Medicine Department of a hospital managed by IR, a limited company established under German law and subject to the supervision of the Archbishop of Cologne (Germany). When...