Cincinnati Archdiocese bulking up morality clause in teacher contracts At the top, it reads "Teacher-Minister" and the morals clause has grown from a line or two to an entire paragraph. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT into work saying, 'Hey, guesswhat, that story of Jesus, it'sa fairy tale, don't believe it.Or hey, guess what, you shouldreally have sex before marriage,or you know what, you shouldprobably be gay."MAKING THE RULES CLEAR.. ORTAKING THE RULES TOO FAR?THE CINCINNATI ARCHDIOCESE ISNOW SPELLING OUT... WHAT'SEXPECTED OF ITS TEACHERS.... ANDWHAT HAPPENS IF THE TEACHERSDON'T PLAY BALL.WLWT NEWS 5'S JOHN LONDON ISLIVE .... WITH A DETAILED LOOKAT THE NEW MORAL CLAUSE BEINGWRITTEN INTO CONTRACTS.START RIGHT AT THE TOP. IT NOWREADS: TEACHER-MINISTER... AND WHERE THEMORALS CLAUSE WAS PREVIOUSLYBASICALLY A LINE OR TWO... IT'SNOW A CLEARLY SPELLED-OUTPARAGRAPH YOU EITHER AGREE TOABIDE BY OR RISK LOSING YOURJOB.The new teacher contracts aresix pages instead of two. Andthe language of the moralsclause has been expanded.Teachers will be required torefrainfrom any conduct or lifestylethat contradicts Catholicdoctrine or morals. Improper useof social media... Publicsupport of or publicly livingtogether outside marriage...Same for sexual activity out ofwedlock... Public support of orhomosexual lifestyle ...(Dan Andriacco - CincinnatiArchdiocese) ("We found that anumber of our teachers weren'treally clear on what would beoutside of Catholic teaching.So, we consider this to be afavor to them, it's fairer tothem...") The litany of explicitprohibitions goes on to includeabortion... Public support of oruse of a surrogate mother...Public support of or use of invitro fertilization orartificial insemination...("The Archdiocese of Cincinnatihas very clearly drawn a linein the sand with this, veryclearly.") Former Englishteacher Mike Moroski, who losthis job in the Catholic systemby posting his support ofsame-sex marriage on his blog,fears a lot of the top talentmight leave.(Mike Moroski - Former Teacher)("People that are going to behurt are the students at the endof the day. A lot of theteachers that I'm thinking ofthat are homosexual or that areliving with someone of theopposite sex that are working inthe schools now, they're some ofthe best teachers in the cityand if they have the ability toleave, I don't see how they cansign that.") Teachers atCatholic schools like Purcell-Marian are being alerted to thechanges today. The Archdiocesetells us its research shows manyparents want atrue Catholic identity.(Dan Andriacco) ("If some peoplefind that they can't sign thecontract in good conscience, wecertainly respect the decisionnot to be a teacher in one ofour schools.")ON THE LAST PAGE, TEACHERS WILLBE REQUIRED TO INITIAL A SECTIONTHAT REITERATES THE ACTIONSCONTRARY TO CATHOLICTEACHINGS... THAT'S RIGHTBEFORE THEIR SIGNATURE AGREEINGTHAT NO DEMAND FOR REMUNERATIONMAY BE MADE AFTER THE CONTRACTIS TERMINATED BY EITHER PARTY.REPORTING LIVE, JOHN LONDON,WLWT NEWS FIVE.MANY DIOCESES AROUND THECOUNTRY.... ARE RE-EVALUATINGTEACHER CONTRACTS... IN LIGHT OFLAWSUITS FROM EMPLOYEE FIRINGS...

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