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Indiana Court Tosses Lawsuit of Gay Teacher Fired by Catholic High School An Indiana court has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis by a Catholichigh school teacher who was fired over his same-sex marriage. The lawsuit was filed by Joshua Payne-Elliott, who had worked as a world language and social studies teacher at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis for 13 years. In 2019, the archdiocese threatened to strip the Catholic status of Cathedral and Brebeuf Jesuit ...

A banner for Cathedral High School in Indianapolis is seen in this 2018 file photo. An Indiana court dismissed a lawsuit from a teacher at the school May 7, 2021, who said he was fired because of his same-sex marriage. (CNS/The Criterion/John Shaughnessy) Indianapolis — An Indiana trial court May 7 dismissed the lawsuit of a former Catholic high school teacher in Indianapolis who said he was fired in 2019 because of his same-sex marriage. Joshua Payne-Elliott, who had been a...

A banner for Cathedral High School in Indianapolis is seen in this 2018 file photo. An Indiana court dismissed a lawsuit from a teacher at the school May 7, 2021, who said he was fired because of his same-sex marriage. (CNS photo/John Shaughnessy, The Criterion) May 10, 2021 Catholic News Service INDIANAPOLIS – An Indiana trial court May 7 dismissed the lawsuit of a former Catholic high school teacher in Indianapolis who said he was fired in 2019 because of his same-sex marriage. Joshua P...

Fired Cathedral teacher’s suit against archdiocese over same-sex marriage dismissed FREE NEWSLETTERS May 8, 2021 In a one-page order, Marion Superior Special Judge Lance Hamner did what a previous special judge and the Indiana Supreme Court had not done – dismiss the wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a gay teacher against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The ruling did not cite any precedent or provide any explanation for the court’s decision. Instead, court stated the plaintiff’s c...

An Indiana trial court has dismissed the lawsuit of a gay teacher who says he was fired from a Catholic high school because of his same-sex marriage.

An Indiana trial court has dismissed the lawsuit of a gay teacher who says he was fired from a Catholic high school because of his same-sex marriage.

Dec 10, 2020 / 11:33 PM EST The court rejected a request from the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis to dismiss the case. Joshua Payne-Elliott worked as a teacher at Cathedral for 13 years. He says the archdiocese ordered him to be fired last year because he’s in a same sex marriage. Payne-Elliott, who was terminated by the school in June 2019, said a month later that the archdiocese “illegally interfered with his contractual and employment relationship.” The archdiocese says the firi...