June 3, 2011

Feds Rule Against 2nd Catholic College, CNS Analyzes Assault on Religious Liberty
For the second time this year, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional director has ruled that a Catholic college lacks a substantial religious character.  Today, The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) announced its latest  publication, “The NLRB’s Assault on Religious Liberty,” to explain the historical context and the gravity of this federal intrusion into Catholic education.

“Even while Catholic colleges invite scrutiny by failing to adhere fully to the Catholic Church’s own requirements for Catholic education, the NLRB is clearly infringing on the rights of colleges to apply religious criteria without federal government interference,” said CNS President Patrick J. Reilly, the author of the CNS paper.  “The media and Catholic leaders need to understand that the NLRB assault on Catholic colleges is not new–it has been ongoing for several decades–and it stands in clear contradiction to federal court rulings, which have instructed the NLRB to stop interfering with Catholic education.”

Last week a NLRB director ruled that St. Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois, “is not a church-operated institution” and therefore subject to federal law.  It follows a January ruling that another Catholic institution, Manhattan College, is also not sufficiently religious to claim exemption from federal law.  Read more…