I Always Feel Like, Somebody's Watching Me
I live in Columbus, Ohio, and so the big controversy around here in the Catholic world of late was the firing of Carla Hale. Hale had been a teacher at Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus for 19 years prior to her termination. In March of this year, Hale's mother died, and the obituary mentioned that Hale was in a partnered relationship with another woman. The parent of a Bishop Watterson student saw the obituary in the local paper and wrote and anonymous letter to the Diocese of Columbus informing them that Hale was in a gay relationship. On March 28, Holy Thursday, Bishop Watterson fired Hale. The matter has since settled out of court, but a condition of that settlement is that Hale will not be teaching at Bishop Watterson. Consider also the case of Lennon Cihak . Last November, Cihak, 17, was parishoner at Assumption Catholic Church in Barnesville, Minnesota, along with his parents. Cihak was in parish's Confirmation class, scheduled t...