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SUDBURY, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) – A Catholic nurse in Ontario won in arbitration against her employer, Public Health Sudbury, who placed her on unpaid leave for not taking the COVID vaccine.

The woman, who remains anonymous, and her representatives argued that to dismiss her from employment for not taking the jab was tantamount to discrimination because of religion, which is forbidden under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

She had informed her employer when the vaccine mandate came into effect last fall that she would not partake in the program due to her objection to any vaccine derived from or manufactured with aborted fetal cell tissue.

The nurse attends the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in the area, and expressed that from her perspective, she could not in good conscience take the jab.

Public Health Sudbury legal representatives tried to use recent statements from the Pope and the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith against her, citing statements that were pro-COVID jab such as when Pope Francis suggested it was a “moral obligation” to be vaccinated.

The representatives for Public Health Sudbury also cited the December 2020 statement from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), which stated that it is “morally acceptable to receive COVID-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process.” This statement from Rome was made under the pretext – admitted by the document itself – that the CDF believed that COVID constituted “a grave danger” that represented an “uncontainable spread of a serious pathological agent.”

However, since the jabs have been rolled out, it has been observed the world over that even in countries with almost complete vaccine uptake, the jabs offer little to no protection regarding the spread of the virus.

Robert Herman, the arbitrator in the case, did not consider the effectiveness of the jab in his ruling, but rather stuck to the issue of religious conscience rights guaranteed in Ontario.

He understood that the Catholic hierarchy has pushed the jab on Catholics. However, this was not relevant to how the law ought to be interpreted, in his opinion.

He ruled, “There can be multiple reasons for objecting to getting vaccinated, but as long as one of the reasons is sincerely and legitimately based upon one’s creed, as subjectively interpreted and applied, an applicant would be entitled to an exception under the (human rights code) and the vaccine policy itself.”

“Once the grievor learned about the fetal cell line connection with the vaccines, even if that connection is factually and objectively quite remote, if the grievor sincerely believes that her faith does not allow her to get vaccinated, that would be sufficient grounds for granting her request for an exemption,” he added.

The ruling was the first in Canada to offer legal clarity on how religious exemptions to vaccinations ought to be justified.

Currently, it is not clear if she will be reinstated or given back pay, as her union is still advocating on her behalf with the recent ruling having taken place.

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