SOMMERVILLE, N.J. — Patricia Jannuzzi, a veteran Catholic high school teacher from New Jersey suspended for her anti-gay Facebook posts, will be reinstated immediately, school principal Jean Kline said in a letter.
Jannuzzi, a 33-year theology teacher at Immaculata High School in Sommerville, N.J., was forced to deactivate her Facebook page in March after several alumni started circulating screen shots of her sharply worded posts against gay “marriage” and gay rights. Two days later the school placed her on administrative leave.
The letter to students and parents, quoting school director Seamus Brennan, states in part that teachers have been told that if the issue comes up in the classroom, students will be told “this was a personnel issue and not one about theology” and there should be no further discussion about it. Kline encouraged parents to tell students the same thing if the issue comes up at home.
(RNS)
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