This amicus brief was written to request a United States Supreme Court ruling after a lawsuit initiated by a priest for defamation against a Catholic diocese was dismissed based on the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine. Issues include whether the Florida case should be resolved according to neutral principles of law; and whether the Florida court mistakenly relied on this Court’s ministerial jurisprudence to dismiss the lawsuit. The Florida District Court of Appeal opinion is Diocese of Palm Beach, Inc. v. Gallagher, 249 So.3d 657 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018).