| Culzie | Date: Tuesday, 2014-02-18, 9:22 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Protestant boy punished for not attending Catholic First Communion
The board of a school in the Republic has been ordered to pay a Protestant schoolboy €750 after a principal referred to the boy's parents as part of the "rebel crowd" and punished him for not attending First Communion and Confirmation ceremonies.
18 February 2014
The board of a school in the Republic has been ordered to pay a Protestant schoolboy €750 after a principal referred to the boy's parents as part of the "rebel crowd" and punished him for not attending First Communion and Confirmation ceremonies.
The principal, who is currently on administrative leave, was found guilty of religious discrimination by the Equality Tribunal. The ruling came after the boy's parents lodged a complaint of discrimination on the basis of religion over the way he was treated at the state school. He had attended the school since he was a junior infant, starting in 2004.
The tribunal heard that the boy was ordered by the principal to stand against a classroom wall as punishment for not attending a First Communion ceremony with his schoolmates at a local Roman Catholic church, despite being a member of the Church of Ireland.
He was also excluded from a "homework holiday" in which the other children who had made their First Communion at the church were rewarded.
The children were given a special note from the principal excusing them from doing homework for two days while the boy in question was not, which he found very upsetting, the tribunal heard. The parents, who are not named, said the principal had told them the school was "interdenominational" when they initially enrolled their son in school.
However, only Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland faiths would be taught in class.
They later complained about a "significant" amount of school time being spent on preparing Catholic children for the their First Communion and Confirmation. The principal told the boy's mother that she "obviously had a problem with religion" and made derogatory remarks about her faith, including references to her Protestant religion as being part of "the rebel crowd," the tribunal heard.
After they complained about him, the parents said the principal then started "bullying" their other children attending the school. The principal in question is currently on administrative leave from the school, the tribunal was told.
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| RSAUB | Date: Wednesday, 2014-02-19, 7:56 PM | Message # 2 |
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| And only a fortnight ago, it was reported on the crime wave against the Protestant community in Donegal, just shows what a welcoming state the free-state is.
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