WILMINGTON (AP) A woman who was fired from an all-girls Catholic school in Wilmington after expressing support for abortion rights, filed a lawsuit Friday against the Archdiocese of Wilmington and its bishop.
Michele Curay-Cramer was fired in January on orders of Bishop Michael Saltarelli after a pro-choice newspaper advertisement containing her name appeared in a Wilmington newspaper.
Curay-Cramer was fired after she refused to recant her pro-choice views. She claims that her speech and advocacy for abortion rights is protected by the civil rights act of 1964 and the federal pregnancy discrimination act.
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Thank you Bishop Michael Angelo Saltarelli.
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It is my understanding (and I have absolutely no business discussing anything legal) that it is legal for a private religious institution to hire/fire based on religious beliefs, views, etc.
When I was fired for “becoming Catholic” from my job as a teacher at a Protestant school, we found out that it was legal — it stems from a law that was put into place to protect places like Catholic schools from having to hire scary occult people and the like.