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Albertus Magnus Settles With Professor
Albertus Magnus College settled a lawsuit brought by former professor Michael Hartwig, who sued the Roman Catholic institution after it dismissed him in 1997. Hartwig contended that the college fired him because he is gay and he openly disagreed with some church teachings; the college says that it dismissed Hartwig because he publicly represented himself as a priest even though he had gone on a permanent leave of absence from the priesthood in 1987. Last June, the AAUP censured the administration of Albertus Magnus College for denying Hartwig due process in dismissing him and for violating his academic freedom. The report from the AAUP investigating committee that was the basis for the censure appears in the January–February 2000 issue of Academe.
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