Christine Judd, the athletic director and dean of students at Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachussetts, lost her job this week after marrying her female partner.While same-sex marriage has been legal in the state since 2004, it still violated the religious principles followed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.
After a meeting Wednesday, Judd was no longer an employee of the diocese’s school system. Her departure was labeled as a resignation.
According to Judd, however, she “ was given a choice of termination or resignation.”
In regards to her marriage this summer, she recounted, “I was hoping that my loyalty, my professionalism the last 12 years would superseded the current hypocrisy that has already been shown with the Diocese of Springfield.”
By hypocrisy, Judd meant the other diocese employees who divorce and remarry without an annulment, who use birth control or violate other Catholic policies.
Mark E. Dupont, a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield maintained that Judd resigned, but he refused to respond to her comments or the issue of her same-sex marriage.
Although exploring her legal options, Judd had kind words for her former workplace and claims the high school had nothing to do with it.
She commented, “I’m hurt, but I was nothing but the best for Cathedral, its students, the parents, the athletic teams, administration and faculty.”
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