Philosophical Differences

In Cincinnati, a pastor abruptly fired a school principal, and hilarity did not ensue.

Here's an article that covers the basics.

Here's a website put up by parents supportive of the principal

Here's what happened: Last week, the pastor, one Marc Sherlock, announced that the principal, one Bob Herring, had been fired, and the only thing he would say is that it was because of "philosophical differences."

At the staff meeting, she said the Nativity pastor informed teachers that Herring was no longer principal.

His keys and computer had been confiscated and the principal of nearly 20 years had been escorted from the building.

The school is apparently an excellent one, and the reasons for the firing remain mysterious.

So I did a little digging, hoping to find some philosophies expressed by someone somewhere, and this is all I came up with, from an article in the Catholic Cincinnati paper about Voice of the Faithful

It seems that this parish has one of the two chapters of VOTF (at the time of the article - August) and the principal's wife organized it. Lest you get too excited, and think this explains it, though, note what the pastor says in the article:

Herring expressed her gratitude for the support of Nativity’s pastor, Father Marc Sherlock, who has attended one of the group’s meetings. "I find the Voice of the Faithful group that meets at Nativity to be very committed Catholics who have the good of the Church at heart," said Father Sherlock.

I really, really wonder what the issue is here.

Comments

[Rod Dreher]

I don't know what the situation is here, but I look forward to someone in this forum saying, "No s--t, Sherlock."

[Steve Bogner]

According to the latest article, the reasons for dismissal are pretty vague (from the Enquirer):

On Friday, Herring hand-delivered a letter to Sherlock requesting the panel be formed.

In the letter, Herring said he didn't think Sherlock had followed parish policy.

"Although there are reasons stated in the Personnel Policy Guidelines for immediate dismissal, I do not think any of those reasons apply to the reasons you gave for firing me: the incompatibility of styles of administration and not administering Nativity Grade School based on your philosophy," his letter stated.