A Catholic teacher was sacked from an Anglican school after sharing his views about abortion and same-sex marriage during a diversity training day.
A tribunal has been considering the case after the teacher filed claims of harassment and direct discrimination related to his religious and protected beliefs.
Benedykt (Ben) Dybowski, a practising Catholic, was dismissed from The Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School near Cardiff following the training event in March 2023, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The training session was delivered by Diverse Cymru Training, during which Mr Dybowski asked the trainer about expressing personal beliefs and if they amounted to discrimination. The Catholic teacher then went on to explain how his views were that true marriage is a union between a man and a woman, that human life begins at conception and that abortion is the taking of innocent human life, adding also that he was critical of some aspects of Sharia law, the tribunal heard.
