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Ascension St. Vincent Sued By Workers Who Declined Covid-19 Vaccine On Religious Grounds INDIANOPIS — More than 50 employees of St. Vincent Hospital & Ascension Health in Indiana have suing the health care system because they say they were treated unfairly when they were not let off the hook for getting the COVID-19 vaccine because of their religious beliefs. The class-action lawsuit says that by turning down those requests, Ascension Health, that owns St. Vincent, broke Title VII of  Civil Rights Act of 1964. As per the complaint, employees got emails saying that the accommodation would cause "undue hardship to ...