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In the discussion thread: Church: Unwed, pregnant teacher fired for violating ‘morality clause’ [View all]

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Tue Feb 26, 2013, 12:19 PM

HockeyMom (10,699 posts)

13. Here is one for a male teacher

http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/catholic-teacher-s-remarriage-violated-morality-clause-official-testifies/article_3eb0e63e-4895-11df-986c-001cc4c002e0.html

I also heard of one many years ago where a male teacher was fired for getting a vasectomy. I don't remember how the school found out about this. The HS students walked out in protest and the parents refused to pay tuition until he was rehired. The teacher was reinstated, although he refused to return. The school eliminated their Morality Clause after all the very, very negative publicity it got. As one parent said to a reporter, "Let them count the number of sibllings of their students." "Why do think so many Catholic schools are closing for lack of students?"

Yeah, they will fire male teachers too. It's just more difficult to catch them for "immoral" behavior.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
Church: Unwed, pregnant teacher fired for violating ‘morality clause’ [View all]	midwest irish	Feb 26	OP
So sad!	MAD Dave	Feb 26	#1
A friend of mine knows her and told me that she proved that she got pregnant through artificial	pampango	Feb 26	#5
Unfortuantly	midwest irish	Feb 26	#9
Yes, I think that is where he said that she taught. n/t	pampango	Feb 26	#10
The catholic church doesn't believe in having sex before your married. It's ok to play	southernyankeebelle	Feb 26	#26
Pretty sure you're right!	MAD Dave	Feb 26	#35
Yep that is the teaching. I had it pounded into my head by my father. I didn't want to	southernyankeebelle	Feb 26	#40
She needs to file on sex discrimination. All she has to do is find one male teacher who has ever	McCamy Taylor	Feb 26	#42
I don't think it would help her. This is a private school and they can do what they want. They	southernyankeebelle	Feb 26	#43
It occurs to me that that needs to change.	Occulus	Feb 26	#46
I see your point however, private organizations have a right to have who they want.	southernyankeebelle	Feb 27	#47
Will they make her sleep in the manger? n/t	eggplant	Feb 26	#2
Similar story out of texas last year	alp227	Feb 26	#3
LOLOLOL	get the red out	Feb 26	#4
What do the pedophile priests have to do to violate the morality clause?	RC	Feb 26	#6
The individual diocese are going Chapter 11 so they can weasle out of their debts when...	Walk away	Feb 26	#23
Be female	get the red out	Feb 26	#28
If it was policy, why didn't they do the same thing with the priest's that molested kids?	still_one	Feb 26	#7
Ah, wasn't their precious Mother Mary an unwed mother? ...	Wernothelpless	Feb 26	#8
Technically Yes - She Was Pregnant Before Joseph And There Is No Mention Of A Marriage	TheMastersNemesis	Feb 26	#12
Like minds	SCVDem	Feb 26	#17
Agreed. This is libertarianism, private institutions discriminating at will. Property over people.	freshwest	Feb 26	#19
"the fact that some portion of her salary came from tax subsidies"	midwest irish	Feb 26	#24
Churches get tax money for faith-based social programs. It's all mixed in, can't be accounted for.	freshwest	Feb 26	#27
Joseph, The Patron Saint of Gullible Cuckolds	Tom Ripley	Feb 26	#22
"God can do anything" ...	Wernothelpless	Feb 27	#48
All I can say is WOW, just wow! and it's not the Onion.	mountain grammy	Feb 26	#11
Here is one for a male teacher	HockeyMom	Feb 26	#13
I am waiting for them	Kelvin Mace	Feb 26	#14
Tou mean like priests? But they're wedded and not pregnant.	marble falls	Feb 26	#16
Don't you get it? They didn't fire her because she was pregnant and unwed; they fired her for .....	marble falls	Feb 26	#15
There is a good reason to never consider any sectarian school for your child's education.	Dawson Leery	Feb 26	#18
Too bad she wasn't a pedophile. They would have given her a raise, a promotion and...	Walk away	Feb 26	#20
Why didn't she just tell them that the Holy Ghost knocked her up?	Tom Ripley	Feb 26	#21
Don't work for a Catholic School	HockeyMom	Feb 26	#25
+1	Blue_Tires	Feb 26	#38
Freedom Of Religion	DallasNE	Feb 26	#29
That absolutist position has not been accepted in American law.	Jim Lane	Feb 26	#36
What Is Absolutist Here	DallasNE	Feb 26	#37
Here's what I was calling absolutist	Jim Lane	Feb 26	#45
The Church Was Being Absolutist	DallasNE	Feb 27	#49
And then they wonder why a woman would choose to have an abortion.	Tanuki	Feb 26	#30
So now this woman and her child have no paycheck and no benefits.	drm604	Feb 26	#31
She will go bankrupt paying for the birth	midwest irish	Feb 26	#32
Priests Molest Children & They Are Allowed To Continue In Ministry . . .	cer7711	Feb 26	#33
It would be agreeable IF...	Veri1138	Feb 26	#34
As an editor, that headline makes me grind my teeth...	CBHagman	Feb 26	#39
Fired for not having a secret abortion. What a fine example they set for unwed mothers.	McCamy Taylor	Feb 26	#41
And by the way...THIS is why I am not a Catholic.	McCamy Taylor	Feb 26	#44

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