Irish Teacher Enoch Burke Jailed Amid Transgender Pronoun Dispute—Timeline
The Irish Times reports. Burke denied he is in contempt of court.In a statement to Newsweek, his brother, Josiah Burke, said that his brother "has spent almost 400 days in prison" for refusing to use the student's preferred pronouns and name."Judge after judge has refused to vindicate and uphold his constitutional right to freedom of religion and expression," he said. "Enoch Burke's ongoing imprisonment is the true face of the 'inclusive' LGBTQI+ movement: a sincere, upright Christian teacher arrested and imprisoned after simply refusing to endorse and affirm transgenderism, an anti-Christian ideology that entraps vulnerable children and puts them on a fast track to abuse, mutilation, depression and sadly for so many, suicide."On September 5, Burke is jailed for the first time for breaching the court order in place to keep him away from the school.
Burke told the court that he could not "in conscience" obey the court order, according to a report by Reuters.Burke is released from prison on December 21.Burke is fired from Wilson's Hospital School for gross misconduct after being suspended with pay since the 2022 incident.
Burke has appealed the case, and he still receives his full salary from the school as the appeal remains live.Burke is jailed for a second time for breaching a court order that barred him from attending the school grounds.An Irish High Court judge orders Burke be released from Mountjoy Prison as Irish schools break for the summer holiday.Burke is arrested again by the Garda (Irish police) for returning to the school grounds once term time had resumed on August 22.He told Sky News: "I teach everyone who's in front of me.
