Indianapolis

Schools divided after archbishop marriage order

An archdiocese has been riven by disputes over Church teaching, after two schools were asked by Archbishop Charles Thompson to remove teachers in same-sex marriages.

One, Cathedral High School, complied with the archbishop’s request, saying: “Archbishop Thompson made it clear that Cathedral’s continued employment of a teacher in a public, same-sex marriage would result in our forfeiting our Catholic identity due to our employment of an individual living in contradiction to Catholic teaching on marriage.” The school said the “agonising” decision followed 22 months of dialogue with the archdiocese.