Priest Sues Community College For Religious Discrimination

The Associated Press yesterday reported on a federal lawsuit that was filed in Connecticut last January by Rev. James A. Crowley, who is a Catholic priest and a business professor at Naugatuck Valley Community College. Crowley claims that his promotion was delayed after one of his supervisors objected to his clerical clothing and his use of "Catholic examples" in business ethics classes. Crowley claims that his class was placed under surveillance by campus police for over two years. After Crowley complained about the delay in his promotion, he was moved to an undesirable office and given a harsh class schedule. The lawsuit also claims that Dennis E. Spector, a supervisor who supported Crowley, was wrongfully accused of workplace violence and moved to the same windowless office as Crowley.