I wouldn't have guessed that priests were considered employees but it looks like they are. Kind of fascinating
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc417.html
http://www.dioceseofspokane.org/poli...II/2.02.03.htm
As much as I would like to see changes to the clerical rules of the roman catholic church (married priests, women priests), I think it would be wrong (and unnecessary) for the government to impose those changes by force.