Similarly, I take exception to the CNN headline
by Father Nieuwland (2019-06-20 21:29:57)
Edited on 2019-06-20 21:31:48

In reply to: half of the SJ's that taught at my high school were gay  posted by jt

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“An Archbishop told a Jesuit school to fire a gay teacher. They said no.”

It is not inaccurate - the teacher is gay and the headline does not say he was fired because he is gay, but I think it does give the impression he was fired because he is gay.

Agree or disagree with the reason, one has to read until paragraph ten before finding what I believe to be the Archbishop’s reason (Trustees statement that school “respectfully declined the Archdiocese's insistence and directive that we dismiss a highly capable and qualified teacher due to the teacher being a spouse within a civilly recognized same-sex marriage.")

What was the reason? *
by Nitschke  (2019-06-21 11:57:28)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I think we can only make an educated guess from CNN article
by Father Nieuwland  (2019-06-21 12:01:46)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

From the Catholic News Agency article (linked below):

The conflict between the school and the archdiocese began with an archdiocesan request that the contract of a teacher who is in a same-sex marriage not be renewed.

The school became aware of the teacher's same-sex marriage in the summer of 2017, according to a June 20 statement from Fr. Brian Paulson, SJ, head of the Jesuits' Midwest Province.

Paulson said the archdiocese requested “two years ago that Brebeuf Jesuit not renew this teacher’s contract because this teacher’s marital status does not conform to church doctrine.”