CINCINNATI – Roman Catholic doctrine is so complex that the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is giving teachers a list of things that can get them fired.
A new contract proposal from the diocese specifies some violations of Catholic doctrine that could put teachers out of a job – including abortion, artificial insemination, “homosexual lifestyles” and public support for those causes.
The new language comes after a series of lawsuits and other problems involving educators fired over alleged doctrinal violations in the archdiocese.
Last year, a federal jury found the archdiocese discriminated against a Cincinnati-area teacher fired for violating Catholic doctrine when she became pregnant through artificial insemination and awarded her $171,000. The teacher said she didn’t know artificial insemination violated doctrine. Terms weren’t disclosed in last year’s settlement of another lawsuit against the archdiocese by an unmarried Dayton-area teacher who said she was fired after becoming pregnant