Feb 3 5:55 PM

Alumnae react to Catholic high school’s refusal to hire openly gay man

The Fontbonne Academy in Milton, Mass.
Julio Ricardo Varela


Graduates of an all-girls Roman Catholic high school in the Boston suburb of Milton are taking issue with the school's choice to rescind a job offer to a candidate after the school discovered he was gay. More than 1,100 alumnae of the Fontbonne Academy (FBA) formed a group in support of Matthew Barrett, who was initially offered a position as the school’s food-services director. In a complaint filed Thursday with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Barrett claimed the school withdrew its offer after learning that he has a husband.

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