Former Catholic School Principal Sues School: Report

Rockville Centre NY

18 January, 2022

4:33 PM

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BALDWIN, NY — A lawsuit claims a former Catholic principal was put on leave and lost another job offer in retaliation for defending a racially-bullied Black eighth-grader, Newsday reports. Timothy Gely, 47, was hired in August 2020 as principal of St. Christopher school in Baldwin. In the suit, filed this month, the eighth-grader described finding "a slew of handwritten racist and threatening hate notes in her desk." Newsday said. See the full story here.