Catholic Hospital Chain Escalates Church War on LGBTQ Workers
OSF HealthCare opens new front, directly challenges SCOTUS precedent
Do you think the rapidly growing trend of Catholic schools firing LGBTQ teachers, counselors, social workers, and custodians is off the chain? Think it’s more than rich that the Catholic Church gets away with violating employment law by claiming all staff — even when they aren’t Catholic — are religious ministers? Angry the U.S. Supreme Court lets the Church get away with such a ridiculous argument?
Well, clutch your pearls, boys and girls, cuz you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.
Chain of Catholic hospitals throws down discrimination gauntlet
OSF HealthCare, a hospital chain owned and operated by an order of Catholic nuns in Peoria, Illinois, just opened a new front in the Catholic Church’s war on their LGBTQ employees. The chain, which dominates hospital care in parts of Illinois, with a near-monopoly in children’s care in Peoria, treats millions of patients per year with annual revenue exceeding 3.1 billion dollars. The chain employs 24,000 workers across Illinois and Michigan.
The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, who run OSF, just threw down a legal gauntlet with frightening…
