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School no longer is recognized as Catholic after refusing archdiocese’s order to fire gay teacher

A school that refused to fire a gay teacher as ordered by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis says it has been told by church officials that it no longer will be recognized as Catholic. But school leaders pledged to keep the institution’s religious identification.

The archdiocese announced in a statement that it no longer would recognize Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, an independently operated school, because it was not insisting that all employees “be supportive of all teachings of the Catholic Church,” the Catholic News Agency reported. The church is against homosexual activity.

A statement by the Rev. Brian G.