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  • Bishop apologizes to fired LGBT Catholic educator at theology gathering

    06/08/2021 9:27:10 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 15 replies
    Natiional Catholic Reporter ^ | June 8, 2021 | Joshua J. McElwee
    Bishop apologizes to fired LGBT Catholic educator at theology gatheringAfter eight years serving as the director of religious education at a Catholic school in Pennsylvania, Margie Winters was fired in 2015 because of her marriage to a woman.Her story is similar to those of a number of other Catholic educators in the U.S., fired because their relationships violate the church's teaching against same-sex marriage. But on June 4 this year, Winters received something different: a clerical apology for the way she was treated.As part of a discussion during the annual gathering of the College Theology Society, held virtually, Bishop John...