Pagan
Teacher Suspended
Pagan Federation
http://www.paganfed.demon.co.uk/
ENGLAND - The Pagan Federation has appointed
an Essex comprehensive school media studies teacher as its first youth
manager - to educate teenagers about witchcraft. Ralph Morse, a
44-year-old "witch" from Colchester and member of the local
Silver Wheel coven, is producing an information pack about paganism and
witchcraft for distribution to inquiring youngsters.
The Pagan Federation's first national youth manager has been suspended
from his job as a secondary school teacher. Disciplinary action has
been brought against Ralph Morse following an interview he gave in last
week's Independent on Sunday, in which he revealed his new role.
The school's headteacher, John Fairhurst, issued a statement on Wednesday
which said the school was "appalled" to be associated with the
Pagan Federation and "wish it to be known that we completely and
unequivocally reject their world of witchcraft and magic". Mr
Fairhurst said: "A teacher's private activities are, of course, his
private activities.
However, there is no doubt that this man's private interests are impinging
upon the school."
The member of staff concerned has been suspended pending an investigation
into the extent of his activities and the conflicts of interest that arise
between his out-of-school activities and his professional role.
Mr Fairhurst said the school taught religious education in a way
"which we hope and expect would enable our students to reject the
dangerous temptations of the occult"."
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