NEW JERSEY
Daily Mail (UK)
Fury after Catholic priest at Seton Hall University is fired from his alma mater for publicly supporting gay marriage online
A Catholic priest was allegedly fired from Seton Hall University for posting a photo supporting same-sex marriage and other LGBT rights online, a decision that has sparked widespread outrage.
Rev. Warren Hall was appointed Director of Campus Ministry at his private alma mater in South Orange, New Jersey – which is directly run by the Archdiocese of Newark – around a year ago.
But on Friday, he told his Twitter followers: ‘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.’ …
In response, the university emphasized that the Archbishop of Newark ‘appoints the Director of Campus Ministry’, not campus officials. It also told students: ‘We understand how you feel’.
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