(CNN) — The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Catholic school that terminated a teacher for having premarital sex, according to court documents.
A New Jersey teacher who was fired from a Catholic school in 2014 after getting pregnant outside marriage lost her legal battle against her former employer on Monday.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a Roman Catholic school can lawfully fire a teacher because she violated Church teaching by having sex outside of marriage.
An unmarried and pregnant 2nd grade art teacher sued her school for discrimination after she was fired for having sex before marriage. She just lost her case.