A gay educator lost her job at a Downstate Catholic university after she posted a wedding announcement for herself and her lesbian partner in the local paper.
Laine Tadlock, 60, says bosses at Benedictine University in Springfield knew she was a lesbian and only fired her from her post as director of education programs after she placed the wedding notice in the Springfield Journal-Register this summer.
But the university says keeping her in the role “would not be consistent with the university’s mission as a Catholic institution,” and that “aspects of her lifestyle are incompatible with fundamental Catholic beliefs.”
In a statement released Thursday, Benedictine officials said Tadlock effectively resigned Oct. 27 when she refused to be reassigned as director of accreditation, assessment and institutional effectiveness.
The bishop of Springfield, John Paprocki, was consulted before Tadlock was given the ultimatum to accept the new job or leave, officials said. He said the school “is to be commended for its fidelity to the truth in upholding the faith and morals as taught by the Catholic Church.”
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