{"id":118020,"date":"2023-08-30T13:33:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=118020"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:33:19","slug":"teacher-shows-up-for-new-term-despite-being-jailed-and-racking-up-120k-in-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/teacher-shows-up-for-new-term-despite-being-jailed-and-racking-up-120k-in-fines\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher shows up for new term despite being jailed and racking up \u00a3120k in fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teacher who was fired and then jailed over a trans debate involving the pronouns of a student has presented himself for the beginning of a new term, despite being banned from the school.<\/p>\n<p>Enoch Burke was ordered by the court not to enter Wilson&apos;s Hospital School in Westmeath, Ireland, last August after he refused to use a transgender pupil\u2019s chosen pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>He had refused to refer to the transitioning student as &quot;they&quot; rather than &quot;he&quot;, in defiance of requests from the student and their parents.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Fish up penis and snail in knee amongst most sinister living animals found inside humans<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The row led to Burke being suspended by the school board, and later fired over <\/span>alleged gross misconduct.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30823201.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Enoch-Burke-returns-to-protest-at-Wilsons-Hospital-school-at-beginning-of-new-term.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>But rather than stay at home on paid leave after being suspended, he continued to turn up to work, sitting in an empty classroom. And after he was relieved of his duties, he continued to turn up at the school.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Times reported that in a ruling in July, Mr Burke was ordered to pay legal costs to the Wilson\u2019s Hospital School in its successful High Court action against him.<\/p>\n<p>A judge also made an order restraining Mr Burke from trespassing on the school premises in the village of Multyfarnham.<\/p>\n<p>And Burke was told he&apos;d have to pay \u20ac700 (\u00a3600) for each day he ignored the order and showed up at the school, with reports suggesting he now has fines totalling \u20ac140,000 (\u00a3120,000).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30823206.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Enoch-Burke-court-case.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30820259.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/1_Penguins-head-sliced-clean-off-and-head-left-beside-body-by-sick-zoo-slayer.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Penguin&apos;s head sliced clean off and left beside body by sick zoo slayer<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even still, Burke &#8211; who was jailed last September for contempt and freed after 108 days on December 21 &#8211; presented himself at the school on Monday morning (August 28) as the new school term began.<\/p>\n<p>Burke has repeatedly refused to back down and use a gender-neutral pronoun for the student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransgenderism is against my Christian belief,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is contrary to the scriptures, contrary to the ethos of the Church of Ireland and of my school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After being jailed for contempt of court, he said: \u201cIt is insanity that I will be led from this courtroom to a place of incarceration, but I will not give up my Christian beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under Irish law, contempt of court carries an indefinite prison term. In theory, the offender can only be released if they apologise for the contempt, or if a judge finds another reason to end the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Rosemary Mallon, acting for the school\u2019s board of management, told the judge that her client had no choice but to ask the court to send Burke to prison for breach of a court order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a coercive order we are seeking, not a punitive order,\u201d she stressed. \u201cWe are simply seeking to have Mr Burke comply with the order.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i>To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters<\/i> here.<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/teacher-shows-up-new-term-30822727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A teacher who was fired and then jailed over a trans debate involving the pronouns of a student has presented himself for the beginning of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/teacher-shows-up-for-new-term-despite-being-jailed-and-racking-up-120k-in-fines\/\" title=\"Teacher shows up for new term despite being jailed and racking up \u00a3120k in fines\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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