The Catholic teachers' union 'knew they were undermining the moral teachings of the Catholic Church, and fully expected reprisal from the Bishops, but they did it anyway. And guess what? They got away with it,' says Jack Fonseca.
Catholic LGBTQ teachers are 'under a cloud of systematic oppression' and kept from being 'healthy, contributing and faithful role models to their students, especially to those who self-identify as LGBTQ.'
“Today Catholic Teachers look forward to walking with our Sisters & Brothers in support of a world free from homophobia,” OECTA president James Ryan tweeted prior to the parade.
We received a letter from the legal counsel of the Ontario Catholic Teachers Association threatening legal action unless we removed the OECTA logo from our March 10 news story.