Posted on 08/20/2013 7:09:46 PM PDT by TexGrill
The Faith Community Baptist Church in Singapore has been ordered to pay $5,500 in salary to a woman who was fired allegedly for committing adultery. The megachurch, which is home to over 10,000 members and is one of the largest in Singapore, has said that it will abide by the court order, the Associated Press reported, though it insisted that it was right to fire the woman last September.
"If we concede that the dismissal was unjust, it means we are condoning adultery and it will weaken our moral and spiritual authority in the organization," said the church's senior pastor, Lawrence Khong, who founded the church in 1986.
The woman apparently handled administrative duties for the church, and was finalizing her divorce when she found out that she was pregnant with the child of another church worker, who later resigned. Straits Times newspaper noted that church officials had told the woman to end her relationship if she wanted to keep her job.
She then filed a complaint to Singapore's Ministry of Manpower, which on Tuesday declared itself pleased with the court's decision, sharing with AP that it was "satisfied that she was dismissed without sufficient cause within six months of her delivery date."
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How can one determine guilt or innocence without pictures?
The woman was pregnant and she confessed she was having an affair with a coworker. What more evidence do you want?
I was simply trying to beat everyone else to the punch! ;-)
Come on, you KNOW that someone else was going to ask that question.
Take note, church community. You’ll know how to handle these situations in the future so you don’t let an employee who fails to abide by your morals clause in the work contract, written or unwritten, pick your pockets.
Take note, church community. You’ll know how to handle these situations in the future so you don’t let an employee who fails to abide by your morals clause in the work contract, written or unwritten, pick your pockets.
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