St. Procopius Abbey will no longer oversee Benet Academy after the school’s board of directors re-extended a girls’ lacrosse coaching offer to a woman in a same sex-marriage.
While the vast majority of America and much of the world has entered the 21st century on enlightenment over homosexuality, the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey apparently prefer to fade into irrelevancy rather than switch.
The chancellor of Benet Academy said in September he was "deeply troubled" by the school’s decision to hire a girls lacrosse coach in a same-sex marriage.
A group of Benedictine monks are cutting ties with Benet Academy in Lisle months after the school, under mounting pressure, hired a woman in a same-sex marriage.
A group of Benedictine monks is cutting ties with a west suburban Catholic high school months after the school, under mounting pressure, hired a woman in a same-sex marriage.