"In 2017 ... a unanimous Supreme Court ... concluded that a plan maintained by an organization with the principal purpose of administering or funding the plan can qualify as a church plan, regardless of who established the plan.... [T]he Court made clear it was not addressing the issue of whether an internal benefits committee can qualify as such a 'principal purpose' organization.... [A] recent case ... decided by the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, indicated one approach for addressing that issue. A decision by the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ... suggests that a more nuanced analysis might be appropriate."  MORE >>