Trial begins for church that sued Hermon schools over alleged discrimination

Trial begins for church that sued Hermon schools over alleged discrimination

A federal trial started Tuesday, more than three years after a local church was rejected from renting space to worship at Hermon High School. Pines Church, now based in Bangor, sued the Hermon School Department in May 2023, alleging the school committee rejected the church’s request for a yearlong lease to use the high school auditorium for Sunday services due to conservative beliefs about sexual identity and contraceptives. The school committee…