Breaking: Fired lesbian teacher Carla Hale won’t get job back in deal with diocese

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http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/public/2013/08/15/fired-watterson-teacher.html

The Columbus Dispatch
Friday August 16, 2013 6:18 AM

Fired lesbian teacher Carla Hale won’t get job back in deal with diocese

A lesbian teacher who was fired from a Catholic high school in March will not get her job back as part of a resolution she reached with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus.

Carla Hale’s attorney and the diocese said in a joint statement yesterday that Hale will not return to Bishop Watterson High School “but will receive acknowledgement for her years of service.” Neither Hale’s attorney nor the diocese would elaborate.

Hale, 57, was fired after she listed the name of her partner in a newspaper obituary for her mother. The diocese has said she was fired because she publicly disclosed an extramarital relationship that violates the tenets of the Catholic Church and her employment contract.

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The firing sparked more than 130,000 people, including students and alumni, to sign an online petition seeking Hale’s reinstatement. A subsequent petition started in support of the diocese gained about 700 signatures....

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1. Fuck those homophobic pedophiles! Catholicism and catholic priests and admin are

all going to that HELL they so richly deserve