A London NHS Trust has resolved a discrimination case with a Catholic chaplain who was dismissed from his role after he answered a question from a patient on a psychiatric ward regarding the Church’s stance on marriage.
Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, Rev. Dr. Patrick Pullicino, 73, was pursuing a claim against South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust for harassment, religious discrimination, and victimisation.
Pullicino, who had worked in the NHS as a Consultant Neurologist until being ordained as a Catholic priest in 2016, was told equality and diversity take “precedence over religious belief.”
The hearing was set to take place in July 2023 at Croydon Employment Tribunal….