Syring v. Archdiocese of Omaha

Summary

The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of all claims brought by a Catholic priest against his former employer. It held that the priest’s defamation claims were untimely because the original website posting was a single publication, the later list update and telephone reference were not republications, and his emotional-distress claims failed because the alleged conduct was not extreme and outrageous. The court also held that the ministerial exception barred claims arising from the church’s decisions about the priest’s fitness to serve as a chaplain and his resignation.