Pilot who offered flights to women for medical care fired from seminary job

[jgo]

Source: The Guardian

Pilot who offered flights to women for medical care fired from seminary job

About three weeks after the US supreme court last year struck down the federal right to abortion, Greg Williams, a volunteer pilot for a group that provides free flights to people who need to travel for medical care, posted a Facebook message.

“If any women need to make an unexpected trip from the south to, say, Illinois or New Mexico or Virginia for reasons that are none of my business, I can provide safe, private air transport that would get you where you need to go and back the same day at a price that will work for you,” Williams wrote, on 28 June 2022.

Williams acknowledges the message mentioned an area which has largely outlawed abortion and three states which have acted to preserve access. The post did not explicitly mention abortion – because Williams’s day job was teaching Greek and Latin at a college for prospective Catholic priests near New Orleans.

The Benedictine-run St Joseph Seminary College has a policy against publicly expressing beliefs contrary to the established teachings of the Catholic church, which stridently opposes abortion. Despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to recent polling, Williams wanted to comply with school policy. It didn’t matter. The school fired him a week later.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/24/pilot-healthcare-flights-fired-seminary-job

[Hekate]

1. Bless him in all that he does. I hope that somewhere there's a good job teaching Greek and Latin ...

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In a secular setting. 💕

[sanatanadharma]

2. Providing help and assistence to those in need is so unchristian

[2naSalit]

5. Amazing isn't it?

[sanatanadharma]

10. Spread the gospel to everyone but compassion and mercy are short staffed

God's flag flies at half-staff.
God's followers are halfethical (new word) and apparently god's mind readers.
God's scriptures need a new profit (sic).

[groundloop]

3. Hmmmm..... I wonder if he'll take them to court.

I'm no lawyer, but off the top of my head I'd think he has a strong case for wrongful termination.

[ruet]

7. This Has Been Adjudicated.

Religious organizations can fire or not hire based on religion. Throw in "at-will employment" and he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

[groundloop]

12. Well, OK then........ as Emily Latella would say - Never Mind.

[ruet]

13. Depressing, I know. -NT-

[twodogsbarking]

4. Anyone surprised? Anyone?

[sakabatou]

9. No, no one should

[2naSalit]

6. Hope he finds a better job quickly.

[NullTuples]

8. Clearly "The Church" feels that's what Jesus would do...

Except they'll word it as being guided by the Holy Sprit to make sure those women carried the fetuses as long as possible even if it means death for both of them.

Or, you know...it could just be about having power over half the population.

[dembotoz]

11. sad but not surprised

years ago my wife's pregnancy went south in a big way.
her doc transferred out of the catholic hospital quick like a bunny.