Teacher ousted over abortion issue.SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- Marie Bain, a drama teacher at Loretto High School This article is about a high school in California. For a high school in Tennessee, see Loretto High School (Tennessee). Loretto High School is a small, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory school for young women in Sacramento, California. lost her job when it was revealed she used to volunteer at Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood A service mark used for an organization that provides family planning services. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Sacramento Bee. The mother of a Loretto sophomore is a regular protester in front of a Sacramento Planned Parenthood clinic and saw Bain (prior to her employment at Loretto) acting as an escort to those seeking services at the clinic. When the mother, Wynette Sills, realized Bain had been hired at Loretto, she alerted Bishop William Weigand, who in turn directed Loretto to terminate Bain. Shortly after the teacher was fired, the school informed the Sills family, including the sophomore student, that they were no longer welcome at Loretto on the grounds that their actions included "taunts, threats, and verbal abuse verbal abuse Psychology A form of emotional abuse consisting of the use of abusive and demeaning language with a spouse, child, or elder, often by a caregiver or other person in a position of power. See Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Spousal abuse. directed against members of the school community, as well as a mass e-mail camapign slandering the school's reputation as a Catholic institution." |
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