The couple claims in the lawsuit they were treated like 'unwelcome trespassers' and saw 'great rudeness and hostility by the employees and staff at HCVSO.'
wouldn t let him go to school without the chickenpox vaccine. but tonight, senior jerome kunkel revealing he wound up with the chickenpox after all. the 18-year-old refusing to get vaccinated after an outbreak of more than 30 cases at his catholic school. as a catholic, we believe that, you know, abortion is wrong, morally wrong. and since the vaccine s derived from aborted fetal cells, that obviously goes directly against that. reporter: the vaccine can be traced back to the use of cells from two aborted fetuses from the 1960s, but even the vatican has decided that it s morally acceptable for catholics to get them because they protect children. in the end, kunkel lost his lawsuit and almost two months of school, but now went back to class this week. his family saying he is no longer contagious. and david, tonight, kunkel s lawyer telling us he did not intentionally contract the disease to get immunity, but believes he got the chickenpox while serving mass. david? gio, thank you.
the vacuum that deep cleans, now cleans itself. next tonight here, a high school student is now suing his school after being kicked off the court and out of school because he didn t get vaccinated for chicken pox. here s abc s steve osunsami on the debate. reporter: 18-year-old jerome kunkel is a senior and a basketball star at this catholic high school in northern kentucky, and he s suing his local health department because they won t let him back to class without a chicken pox vaccine. his objection to the shot is a common one, based on religious grounds. as a catholic, we believe that, you know, abortion, it s wrong, morally wrong, and since that the vaccine s derived from aborted fetal cells, that obviously goes directly against that. reporter: it is true that in the 1960s, cells obtained from two aborted fetuses were used to grow viruses that were developed into some of today s modern vaccines. but even the vatican has decided that it s morally acceptable for catholics to