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These men worked for different Catholic schools. Until they got married & the church...
Two men, both teachers at different Catholic schools, married in 2017. Now, the differences in how their employers treated them stands in the middle of a court case against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
Joshua Payne-Elliott, who had not been publicly identified before now, was fired from his teaching position at Cathedral High School after the church directed the school to fire him.
He was not alone. His husband, Layton Payne-Elliott, teaches at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School and, unlike Joshua, his school...
Archbishop launches inquisition: All LGBTQ teachers must be fired from Indianapolis Catholic schools
A third Indianapolis Catholic high school has become embroiled in the local archdiocese’s war on LGBTQ teachers. This time, the school caved and fired a teacher for being in a same-sex marriage after the Archbishop threatened their existence.
The archdiocese has admitted it instructed all schools under its umbrella to immediately enforce all employment contracts – effectively a blanket order to fire any LGBTQ staff members. Over 70 schools in central Indiana are under the archdiocese’s administration.
“To effectively bear witness...
