This article is meaningless without context but several clicks revealed that this background is somewhat hard to come by. Fratello was a layperson employed at a Catholic school. When her contract was not renewed, she alleged gender discrimination, arguing that her lay status ought not to exempt the archdiocese from a discrimination lawsuit under the “ministerial exception," which normally covers religious and not laypeople. In other words, Fratello was arguing that her civil rights were an issue. 

But there's more. She apparently wasn't Catholic enough, though we don't know why. The only tidbit floating around was that she displayed "insubordination" towards the local parish priest. Of course, this could mean anything from a full-blown debate about apostolic succession to casually mentioning, hey, the Church should at least TALK about women priests . . . 

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