Jesuit School Files Vatican Appeal After Archbishop Strips It of Catholic Designation
" The chapel at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis lost its Catholic designation for refusing to terminate gay employees at the archbishop's request, has filed a legal appeal to the Vatican to reverse the archdiocese's decision." This is a report from Shine ( 2019) "Meanwhile, the archbishop has barred the school from holding school-wide Masses. Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis, has asked the Vatican to reconsider Indianapolis Archbishop Charles Thompson's decree which removed the school's Catholic designation in June because school officials refused to fire Layton Payne-Elliott over his same-gender marriage. According to a letter from school president Fr. William Verbryke, S.J., the Jesuits' USA Midwest Province first formally appealed to the archbishop, who refused to overturn his decree. The Province has now asked the Congregation for Catholic Education to review Thompson's dec...