Bishop: Diocese Would Be “Irreparably Damaged” If Unable to Fire Church Workers

Bishop Peter Jugis of Charlotte made his remarks while being deposed in the federal court case of Lonnie Billard, who was fired from Charlotte Catholic High School in 2014 when his engagement to a man became public. Jugis said in the deposition that continuing to employ church workers who advocate against or violate "fundamental moral tenets" of church teaching would be a cause for "scandal." The Charlotte Observer reported further. . . Read More

Gay Catholic High School Teacher Is Fired. But by Whom?

A Catholic school in North Carolina has fired a gay teacher, the first firing announced in 2015 after a year which saw more than twenty church workers lost their jobs over LGBT-related employment disputes. Read More

Catholic Parish Quits Interfaith Service Rather Than Host Married Gay Musician

Despite Pope Francis’ encouragement for church leaders to drop their “obsession” with marriage equality for... Read More

Fired Transgender Teacher Scores Points in Court Case

2013 has been the year of the fired LGBT church worker.  We’ve been reporting on... Read More

Church Music Director Fired For Marrying His Partner of 23 Years

In another case which illustrates that Catholics in the pews are much more accepting of... Read More