Michigan nuns to reconsider school policies

Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (AP) — Catholic nuns who operate a Michigan school where a gay teacher was fired after becoming pregnant says they will re-examine their policies.

The Detroit Free Press reports the president of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary said in a letter to Marian High School alumnae Monday that Pope Francis has encouraged the congregation to look at the church "with new eyes." It was shared Tuesday on a Facebook page created to support science teacher Barbara Webb.

The 33-year-old teacher says she was fired in August from the all-girls high school in suburban Detroit after working there for nine years. She notified her employers of her pregnancy in July.

The letter doesn't mention Webb by name. It says the congregation will work with school officials to "re-examine policies and procedures."

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Information from: Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI.

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