The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Catholic school that fired an art teacher after she became pregnant while not married.
The case has spanned nearly a decade. Saint Theresa School, a Roman Catholic elementary school located in Kenilworth, New Jersey, hired Victoria Crisitello, a former student of the school, in 2011. Upon joining the school, Ms Crisitello signed a document acknowledging that she understood the Code of Ethics, which states that staff should “conduct themselves in a manner that is consistent with the discipline, norms[,] and teachings of the Catholic Church”.
