A federal jury found that the Catholic Diocese of Cincinnati illegally discriminated and violated the rights of a teacher named Christa Dias when it fired her in 2010 for being unmarried and pregnant. Dias conceived via artificial insemination, and like Carla Hale here in Columbus, she's lesbian. Wow, that's the triple play of Catholic immorality! Dias was canned for non-compliance with the "morals" clause of her employment contract, just like Hale. And like Hale, Dias was a non-Catholic who didn't teach religion.
The Cincinnati jury saw through the bullshit, said church "law" did not apply, and awarded Ms. Dias $170,000. If Bishop Campbell wishes to avoid the same fate, he ought to stroke a somewhat smaller check to Ms. Hale and reinstate her as a teacher immediately.
If, on the other hand, the Bishop insists on Pope-like Catholic purity from his educators and is willing to pursue ideological cleansing to achieve it, then his only option is a return to the bad old days -- hire only nuns and priests as teachers.
I think Cheech & Chong's Sister Mary Elephant may still be available.
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