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Judge to Church: Reinstate Principal By Stephanie Saul Newsday [Queens NY] Downloaded April 10, 2003 A Queens judge Wednesday ordered the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to reinstate the parochial-school principal placed on leave last year after she reported her pastor's misdeeds. The ruling -- which includes back pay -- ends the banishment of St. Elizabeth School principal Barbara Samide from her Ozone Park school last September. It also ends a financial squeeze on Samide, who said the diocese prevented her from collecting unemployment by claiming she was still employed, yet it refused to pay her $50,000 annual salary. "Pay her. Pay her all the back money," State Supreme Court Justice Duane Alphonse Hart demanded during a Jamaica hearing, ignoring the protests of diocesan lawyer Richard Cea, who argued that Hart was exceeding his jurisdiction. |
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