By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A religion instructor who was fired by the University of Illinois for teaching the Roman Catholic stance on homosexuality has been reinstated and will return to his job this fall.
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Diocese of Peoria To Fight for Fired Professor
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Diocese of Peoria is planning to meet with officials from the University of Illinois to discuss the case of a professor of Catholicism who was recently fired after an anonymous student complained that his teaching of the Church’s position on homosexuality amounted to “hate speech.”
Professor Fired for Teaching Catholic Position on Homosexuality
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An adjunct professor of Catholicism at the University of Illinois has been fired after a student accused the instructor of hate speech for saying he agrees with the church’s teaching that homosexual acts are immoral. He also lost his job at an on-campus Catholic center.
