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Catholic archbishop ‘profoundly disappointed’ in Okla. marriage ruling
OKLAHOMA CITY — The archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City says he’s “profoundly disappointed” in a federal judge’s ruling that struck down Oklahoma’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
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After much prayer, church stands by decision to oust gay administrator
SEATTLE — The Archdiocese of Seattle said Wednesday it won’t change its mind about rehiring a gay vice principal who was encouraged to leave a Seattle-area Catholic high school after school officials learned he had married his same-sex partner.
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Catholic school choir director forced to resign following engagement to partner
SANDUSKY, Ohio — A Catholic school in Sandusky, Ohio, has forced its band and choir director to resign after school officials learned he and his boyfriend recently became engaged to be married.
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Catholic school that forced out gay administrator keeps lesbian music coach
SAMMAMISH, Wash. — A part-time musical coach at a Catholic school in Washington state who recently announced she is engaged to her same-sex partner said Thursday the school has given her a new employment agreement as an independent contractor.
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2nd instructor at Seattle Catholic school fears dismissal over planned wedding
SEATTLE — A part-time musical coach at a Catholic school in Washington state said Tuesday she is engaged to her same-sex partner and is nervous about how school leaders will handle the news after they forced out a vice principal who married his partner.
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Gay educator says Catholic school suggested he divorce to keep his job
SEATTLE — A former vice principal at a Catholic school said he was fired for marrying his male partner and that the school’s leader suggested he could get a divorce to keep the job.
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Catholic priest once condemned by Vatican for his ministry to gays dies
BALTIMORE — A Roman Catholic priest who was censured by the Vatican for his ministry to gays and lesbians has died.
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Catholic students rally to protest ‘forced’ departure of gay vice-principal
SEATTLE — Students at a Seattle-area Catholic school are gaining national attention for their protest over the forced departure of a gay vice principal.
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Students walk out in protest of ‘forced’ resignation of gay Catholic school official
SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Hundreds of students at Eastside Catholic School in Sammamish, Wash., walked out Thursday to protest the resignation of a vice principal they say was forced out because he recently married his same-sex partner.
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Anti-gay Catholic bishop steps aside under allegations of sexual abuse
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Twin Cities Catholic Archbishop John Nienstedt, who in 2010 advised a parishioner to reject her gay son or suffer eternal damnation, has stepped down from public ministry due to allegations that he inappropriately touched a young boy on the buttocks during a photo session a year earlier.