Reverend Warren Hall asked his supporters to "turn this into an opportunity for open/reasonable discussion on LGBT issues on a Catholic campus"

Seton Hall University Priest Claims He Was Fired for Supporting LGBT Rights on Facebook

Reverend Warren Hall, a Catholic priest who ministered Seton Hall University sports teams, is claiming he’s been fired for publicly supporting LGBT rights on Facebook.

“I’ve been fired from SHU for posting a pic on FB supporting LGBT ‘NO H8.’ I’m sorry it was met with this response. I’ll miss my work here,” Hall said in a now-deleted Tweet.

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Though most Catholic colleges are founded and run by religious orders like Jesuits, Seton Hall was created and continues to be run directly by the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.

“Seton Hall University does not comment on personnel matters,” Laurie A. Pine, a spokeswoman for Seton Hall, said in a statement. “The Archbishop of Newark appoints the Director of Campus Ministry, who serves at his discretion.”

SHU student Ethan Kraft started a Change.org petition to have Hall reinstated. As of this writing, it has just over 1,600 signatures.