Carla Hale

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Carla Hale, a popular physical education teacher and coach who was fired by the Catholic Diocese of Columbus, will not return to Bishop Watterson High School for a 20th year of teaching.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Catholic Diocese of Columbus has again upheld its dismissal of Carla Hale, the 19-year Bishop Watterson High School teacher fired during Holy Week because she mentioned her partner in a newspaper obituary.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Roman Catholic bishop in central Ohio says the firing of a gay teacher at a Columbus Catholic school was based not on her sexual orientation but on the need to maintain the institution’s marriage values.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Her grievance denied by the Bishop Watterson High School principal who signed her termination letter, Carla Hale said Wednesday morning that she will take her case against the Catholic Diocese of Columbus to the city’s Community Relations Commission.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A popular Columbus, Ohio, physical education teacher and coach who says she was fired because she is gay, has filed a grievance through her union against the Catholic Diocese of Columbus, according to her attorney.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Students at Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio, are fighting for a longtime physical education teacher and coach they say was been fired by the Catholic Diocese of Columbus because she’s gay.