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Connecticut Catholic Bishops Condemn Anti-Catholic Comments by Public School Official
Catholic News Agency ^ | 8/31/22 | Joe Bukuras

Posted on 09/03/2022 6:53:51 PM PDT by marshmallow

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 31, 2022 / 17:15pm Connecticut’s Catholic dioceses have condemned comments made in a video by a public elementary school assistant principal who admitted on hidden camera that he discriminates against Catholics in the hiring process.

“The revelations that an official in the Greenwich school district discriminated against people of the Catholic faith who are seeking employment are extremely disturbing and should be treated as a serious breach of the public trust and state laws,” Christopher Healy, executive director of the Connecticut Catholic Conference said in an online video posted Aug. 31.

Healy called the alleged discriminatory practices at Cos Cob Elementary School “unacceptable” and called on the school district and the state’s department of education to investigate the matter.

“The comments regarding Catholics as well as indoctrination techniques by the Cos Cob Elementary School assistant principal are vile and they do a profound disservice to the many Catholic teachers in public schools both in Greenwich and across the state,” he added.

The comments were made by Jeremy Boland, assistant principal of the Cos Cob Elementary School in Greenwich, Connecticut, one of the wealthiest municipalities in the country.

Boland, who was secretly recorded in conversation with an unidentified reporter from Project Veritas, can be seen saying “You don’t hire them” in response to a question asking about Catholic applicants in the hiring process.

“So, would you ever hire a Catholic then?” the female journalist, who was sitting with Boland at a restaurant, asked in a followup question.

Boland responded, “No, I don’t want to … Because if someone is raised hardcore Catholic, it’s like they’re brainwashed. You can never change their mindset. So, when you ask them to consider something new, like a new opportunity, or ‘you have to think about this differently,’ they’re stuck — just......

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TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: catholic; connecticut; education

1 posted on 09/03/2022 6:53:51 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Sue the Town.

Employment discrimination and civil rights liability.


2 posted on 09/03/2022 7:57:26 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: marshmallow

This administrator is clearly not the only one. Anti-catholic bigotry and anti-white racism is epidemic in society.


3 posted on 09/04/2022 3:57:57 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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