Posted On:
June 16, 2008
Balancing Act Between Religious Policy and Administration
A whistleblower case involving the firing of a Catholic school’s principal is set to appear before the Florida Supreme Court, according to a recent Daily Business Review article. The case, previously tossed out of the 3rd District Court of Appeals, pits a plaintiff who claims she was wrongly forced out of her job as a principal at a Catholic school in Miami after complaining that her supervisor assaulted her against the Archdiocese of Miami.
The two sides differ on their interpretation of the Church’s domain. The plaintiff believes that she was fired for a purely secular reason; the archdiocese believes the case lies within the Church’s jurisdiction and therefore is not subject to the court's ruling.
