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Judge dismisses gender bias

A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman serving as senior pastor of a prominent New York City congregation, the year-old Abyssinian Baptist Church.

A lawsuit was filed against a New York City megachurch at the end of December accusing the church of gender discrimination against a female senior pastor candidate. Featured Local Savings. Marshall Turman filed a lawsuit in December accusing Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York of sex discrimination for rejecting her application to become Abyssinian's senior pastor.

Grant said Marshall Turman was asked certain questions that other candidates did not get "because she was the only woman" candidate. The suit seeks unspecified monetary damages from the defendants for "lost wages, lost benefits, other economic damages, shame, humiliation, embarrassment, and mental distress," as well as an injunction forbidding any hiring-related gender discrimination.

Prominent Harlem church accused of gender bias in search for senior pastor.

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Based in Harlem, it became a famous mega-church with the political rise of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. perhaps the most influential of the many. She was among dozens who applied for the senior pastor position after the death of longtime senior pastor Rev.

Calvin Butts in The lawsuit specifically accuses search committee chair Valerie S. Grant of behaving inappropriately by asking Marshall Turman questions and pressing issues not broached with her male counterparts. Grant responded that every candidate was asked a series of common questions, as well additional questions tailored to each person.

The church released a statement saying in part, "While she and others were considered for the role because of their impressive backgrounds, she ultimately fell short of some key requirements for the role, where other finalist candidates prevailed and moved forward in the process.

Prominent Harlem church accused of gender bias in search for senior pastor Chrome Safari Continue. The Abyssinian Baptist Church has been around for more than years, becoming a famous megachurch with the political rise of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

InMarshall Turman became the youngest pastor ordained in Abyssinian's history. A new lawsuit in federal court accuses Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and its search committee of gender discrimination. A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a Yale Divinity School professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman to serve as senior pastor of New.

Over its year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America.