Minnesota Catholic school dismisses principal after marriage before annulment
Sacred Heart Catholic School in Waseca, Minnesota, dismissed principal Tammy Seys after she married her fiancé before receiving an annulment of her previous marriage. The decision drew criticism from parents, staff and parishioners, who said Seys was a capable administrator and objected to the way she was removed.
Seys, 51, married Patrick Sexton, 64, after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and they feared the annulment process could take years. She said she told the priest, Father Glenn Frerichs, and offered to complete her contract or leave with a transition plan, but was terminated on 22 September and escorted out during the school day. Frerichs said the marriage was outside the Catholic Church and that its rules could not be bent; protesters gathered, and a petition calling for an investigation into his leadership and his removal drew more than 100 signatures.
- A Minnesota Catholic school fired its principal after she married before securing an annulment.
- The couple said they could not wait through a years-long process after his cancer diagnosis.
- The dismissal prompted protests and a petition with more than 100 signatures.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “‘Inhumane’ Catholic church fires school principal and escorts her out of building because she married cancer-stricken boyfriend without annulling previous marriage that ended in divorce”.