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Ohio Teacher Says She Was Fired Over Pregnancy, Files Suit Against Catholic Archdiocese
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| 10/30/12
| AP
Posted on 12/31/2012 10:32:41 AM PST by marshmallow
DAYTON, Ohio An unmarried Catholic school teacher who said she was fired after telling her principal that she was pregnant is suing the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
It's the second lawsuit that's been filed in the last two years against archdiocese over the firing of a pregnant teacher.
Kathleen Quinlan, who taught first grade at Ascension Catholic School in Kettering in suburban Dayton, said she was told to resign or she would be fired, on the same day she told the school's principal in December 2011 that she was expecting. She said she had offered to take a behind-the-scenes job until she gave birth.
Quinlan, of Dayton, who later had twin girls, said in her lawsuit that she was given three days to clear out her classroom.
A termination letter said she was fired for violating a section of her employment contract that requires employees to "comply with and act consistently in accordance with the stated philosophy and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church," according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court .
Her attorney said that, "as a non-ministerial employee, (she) was not subject to a 'morality clause.'"
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To: stuartcr
I wonder if she got pregnant using artificial insemination if she would be fired? IVF? What if she had aborted the twins?
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posted on
12/31/2012 12:11:59 PM PST
by
ladyjane
(For the first time in my life I am not proud of my country.)
To: stuartcr
In the case of practicing contraceptive sex --- if they advertise the fact, sure, they could be fired. E.g. sign a newspaper ad, talk about it in class, wear the Margaret Sanger Planned Barrenhood T-shirt. Then it becomes a "manifest," public issue.
However, no employer, not ever the Church, is going to keep their employees under surveillance to find out what they are doing in the privacy of their own home.
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posted on
12/31/2012 12:15:55 PM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(May the Lord bless you, May the Lord keep you, May He turn to you His countenance and give you peace)
To: Tupelo
I had a Health teacher in the mid-50s who was pregnant most of the school year.That does happen but it's not typical. Most women in their mid-50s have already gone through menopause.
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posted on
12/31/2012 12:17:34 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio)
To: ladyjane
"I wonder if she got pregnant using artificial insemination if she would be fired? IVF? What if she had aborted the twins?" If any of those things became public, and thus a "manifest" violation, yes, acording to the contract she signed, she could have --- and in my view, should have --- been fired..
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posted on
12/31/2012 12:26:39 PM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
("You can observe a lot just by watchin'." - Yogi Berra)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Then I must say, those mormans are hardcore sons of guns!
45
posted on
12/31/2012 12:51:50 PM PST
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: Jim from C-Town
Although one might ask: Is education a secular activity.? I mean the state did not create any part of a single human being.
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posted on
12/31/2012 1:30:21 PM PST
by
RobbyS
(Christus rex.)
To: Jim from C-Town
Reread the story. Indeed you should.
47
posted on
12/31/2012 1:38:06 PM PST
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro can't pass E-verify)
To: A.A. Cunningham
Indeed, you are correct. and yes I hate admitting that fact.
The other woman was fired for having a child via invitro fertilization.
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posted on
12/31/2012 2:47:38 PM PST
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: freedomfiter2
You mean if it doesn’t work and she gets pregnant?
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posted on
12/31/2012 3:47:02 PM PST
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
To: reg45
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posted on
12/31/2012 3:48:31 PM PST
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
To: rollo tomasi
Thanks for the answer and pleasant holiday sentiments
Happy New Year
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posted on
12/31/2012 3:53:16 PM PST
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
To: Jim from C-Town
ok, does broadcast mean get pregnant or have the pharmacist attendant announce in the store that your birth control prescription is ready?
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posted on
12/31/2012 3:56:56 PM PST
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
To: John123
Would that be normal, do women talk about that stuff? Would you?
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posted on
12/31/2012 3:59:39 PM PST
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
To: Cicero
I’ve no hesitation at all, she’s gone. Whether she broke the rules a little (non-married pregnancy) or a lot (abortion), she’s not a good role model for a Catholic school.
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posted on
12/31/2012 3:59:57 PM PST
by
slowhandluke
(It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
To: ladyjane
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posted on
12/31/2012 4:01:24 PM PST
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
To: Mrs. Don-o
Do women normally do that stuff? Do you think she did?
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posted on
12/31/2012 4:02:59 PM PST
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
To: Tax-chick; Guenevere
Yes, as I said, I’m a little hesitant about this—not arguing that the decision to fire her was wrong.
She committed a serious sin, and set a bad example for the children. It doesn’t really excuse her to point out that she could have doubled down and committed an even worse sin.
In the old days, before the Sexual Revolution, she would have been fired from a public school, let alone a Catholic school, because the first consideration was not to have teachers who set bad examples for the kids to imitate.
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posted on
12/31/2012 4:08:21 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: stuartcr
I was thinking more like she and her husband get caught using a condom in the school closet.
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posted on
12/31/2012 5:15:23 PM PST
by
freedomfiter2
(Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
To: freedomfiter2
You have a vivid imagination
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posted on
12/31/2012 5:31:26 PM PST
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stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
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posted on
12/31/2012 5:33:19 PM PST
by
narses
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