Humanist teacher who tussled with caretaker over Virgin Mary statue loses discrimination case
Fachtna Roe had said that the statue of the Virgin Mary has caused him “offence and upset”. File photo: iStock
A caretaker at a technical institute called a teacher a "disgrace" as the teacher attempted to remove a statue of the Virgin Mary from the main entrance to the institute.
In the altercation from May 1, 2015, caretaker Noel Lonergan was tussling with Computer Science teacher and Humanist, Fachtna Roe, over the statue that Mr Lonergan had erected as part of a May altar as part of his duties as caretaker at the Central Technical Institute (CTI) in Clonmel.
