U. of Illinois instructor fired over Catholic Church teachings offered another job

The University of Illinois on Thursday said it had offered a job to an instructor who was fired over a complaint that he engaged in hate speech in his explanation of Catholic church doctrine on homosexuality.

The university also said it will stop allowing the on-campus St. John’s Catholic Newman Center to pay instructors who teach Catholic-related courses and will instead pay those teachers itself — ending a decades-old arrangement that troubled some faculty.

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2 comments on “U. of Illinois instructor fired over Catholic Church teachings offered another job

  1. robroy says:

    That way the university can maintain puppet strings. I certainly hope that he moves forward with the lawsuit.

  2. alcuin says:

    “The university also said it will stop allowing the on-campus St. John’s Catholic Newman Center to pay instructors who teach Catholic-related courses and will instead pay those teachers itself — ending a decades-old arrangement that troubled some faculty.”
    Perhaps they will reduce the salary of the “troubled faculty” to pay for this.
    Sounds like a prelude for closing the program.