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Central assistant coach who works at Planned Parenthood told not to come back
Central assistant coach who works at Planned Parenthood told not to come back14 hours ago • By Mike Ferguson
An assistant softball coach at Billings Central Catholic High School said she was dismissed Monday because of her work at Planned Parenthood. ... Tarn Duff, 26, was an unpaid volunteer during the Rams’ 2012 season and received about $1,500 for her work coaching hitters and outfielders during the 2013 season.
Duff, of Billings, said head coach Coleman Rockwell delivered the news to her Monday morning. ... “The only reason they gave me was that I work at Planned Parenthood,” she said.
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Patrick Haggerty, superintendent of Catholic Schools in Montana, said he concurred with the recommendation not to offer Duff a contract for the upcoming season, but did not agree that she’d been fired. Contracts for the spring sports season have not yet been offered to coaches, he said. ... “I don’t know if you can say she’s been fired,” he said Tuesday. “We fulfilled the terms of the contract, and so did she.”
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Duff said she “never thought twice” that her work at Planned Parenthood would “be an issue” with her coaching. ... But it is, Haggerty said. ... “Certainly being employed by Planned Parenthood, an organization that by its nature violates Catholic moral teaching by providing abortions, is not being a good role model to the children attending Catholic schools,” he said.