Catholic School To Pregnant Teacher: We Won’t Fire You If You Get Married
By Hemant Mehta, April 1, 2019

As we noted in December, an unmarried Catholic school teacher in Pennsylvania was fired for getting pregnant. She decided to keep the baby instead of getting an abortion — and that visible sign of her “sin” was a fireable offense.

Catholic schools usually have the right to fire employees who don’t adhere to Vatican dogma, no matter how irrational the decision is, but Naiad Reich‘s case was somewhat unusual (at least according to her lawyer) because she wasn’t in a ministerial position. Reich taught English, and her lawyer says that means she’s not bound to the “no sinning” rule and deserves monetary damages. The Church insists all staffers have to play by their rules.

What’s interesting now is a statement school officials made to a judge. They said Reich could keep her job… as long as she got married immediately. As if forcing married with your job on the line is truly what’s best for everyone.