So much for being there to help your sinners ... People stray, help them! An Unmarried Catholic Schoolteacher Got Pregnant. She Was Fired. When a Catholic school art teacher was asked to take on extra responsibilities, she requested a raise, explaining that she was about to have a baby. Weeks later, she was fired from her New Jersey elementary school. The principal, a Roman Catholic nun, told her she was being terminated “because she was pregnant and unmarried,” court records show. The woman sued. Her daughter is now 7, but the lawsuit remains in limbo, caught in a yearslong back-and-forth between New Jersey’s trial and appellate courts. An appeals court has twice sided with the ex-teacher, Victoria Crisitello. But last month, the state’s ... Continue reading... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/nyregion/pregnant-catholic-school-teacher.html Find in Internet Archives [google]An Unmarried Catholic Schoolteacher Got Pregnant. She Was Fired.[/google]
An Unmarried Catholic Schoolteacher Got Pregnant. She Was Fired. When a Catholic school art teacher was asked to take on extra responsibilities, she requested a raise, explaining that she was about to have a baby. Weeks later, she was fired from her New Jersey elementary school. The principal, a Roman Catholic nun, told her she was being terminated “because she was pregnant and unmarried,” court records show. The woman sued. Her daughter is now 7, but the lawsuit remains in limbo, caught in a yearslong back-and-forth between New Jersey’s trial and appellate courts. An appeals court has twice sided with the ex-teacher, Victoria Crisitello. But last month, the state’s ... Continue reading... https://www.seattletimes.com/nation...lic-schoolteacher-got-pregnant-she-was-fired/ Find in Internet Archives [google]An Unmarried Catholic Schoolteacher Got Pregnant. She Was Fired.[/google]
New Jersey Supreme Court to decide if Catholic school can fire teacher for premarital pregnancy Seven years after a New Jersey Catholic school fired an unmarried teacher who became pregnant, the state Supreme Court will decide if that decision is protected by the First Amendment. The dispute began in 2014 when Victoria Crisitello, an elementary school teacher at St. Theresa School, asked her superiors for a raise. She explained that she was expecting a baby. A few weeks later, she was fired. The school's principal told her that the decision was based on the fact that she was "pregnant and unmarried," according to court records. The ensuing legal battle has since been working its way ... Continue reading... https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...olic-school-fire-teacher-premarital-pregnancy Find in Internet Archives [google]New Jersey Supreme Court to decide if Catholic school can fire teacher for premarital pregnancy[/google]
