USA – Army doctor who became a nun sues Washington, DC over COVID jab mandate for health workers
So far DC Health does not seem to have granted a single request for religious exemption from the vaccine mandate despite the paramount rights and guarantees under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
“beloved Roman Catholic nun, who is also a physician-surgeon and a retired U.S. Army colonel, is suing Washington, DC, over its COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers.
Thomas More Society attorneys filed suit on March 9, 2022, in the federal United States District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of Sister Dierdre Byrne against the district’s mayor Muriel Bowser, along with LaQuandra Nesbitt – director of the district’s health department – and the District of Columbia itself for their joint refusal to grant Byrne a religious exemption from vaccination.”