The Brooklyn Diocese fired a beloved Queens Catholic school teacher for marrying a man – claiming his same-sex marriage violated a contractual obligation to “exemplify … Catholic doctrine and morality.”
Matthew LaBanca was booted as music teacher at St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy in Astoria and as music director at Corpus Christi church on Oct. 13 after someone told Diocese officials he’d gotten married to a man in August, LaBanca said in a Youtube video posted over the weekend.
“I’m stripped of both of my jobs, all of my employment, my health insurance and, most importantly, the community life that has meant so much to me, not because of my work performance – not in the slightest – but because I’m gay,” he said.
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