Catholic School Fires Married Gay Teacher to Stay in Archdiocese

Catholic School Fires Married Gay Teacher to Stay in Archdiocese
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A Catholic high school in Indiana has announced it will "separate" with a teacher who is gay, in what administrators called an "agonizing decision."

The move came after 22 months of "earnest and extensive dialogue" between Cathedral High School and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, which has threatened to strip away Catholic identity — and funding — from several schools in the area that employ people who are not heterosexual.

Last week, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School was cut off by the archdiocese after refusing to fire a teacher who is married to someone of the same sex.

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