female partner in a civil marriage ceremony in 2007. When a parent reported their marriage to Waldron, Principal Nell Stetser asked Winters to resign; when she refused, the school did not renew her contract. Many parents expressed anger and concern over the school's decision. Stetser said that "many of us accept life choices that contradict current Church teachings, but to continue as a Catholic school, Waldron Mercy must comply with those teachings." She called for "an open and honest discussion about this and other divisive issues at the intersection of our society and our Church." Chaput said the school administrators had shown "character and common sense at a moment when both seem to be uncommon". On October 4, 2018, at the Synod on Young People and Vocations, Chaput objected to the use of the terms "LGBT" or "LGBTQ" in church documents. He said:"There is no such thing as an ‘LGBTQ Catholic' or a 'transgender Catholic' or even a 'heterosexual Catholic,' as if our sexual appetites defined who we are; as if these designations described discrete communities of differing but equal integrity within the real ecclesial community, the body of Jesus Christ." Sexual abuse Chaput has denounced what he sees as a lack of orthodoxy in the church. He accused past Catholic leaders of "ignorance, cowardice and laziness in forming young people to carry the faith into the future." On March 27, 2019, in a speech to Ohio seminarians, he blamed sexual abuse in the Catholic Church on "a pattern of predatory homosexuality and a failure to weed that out from church life". Immigration reform Chaput advocates reform of immigration laws to regularize the status of most undocumented immigrants as a moral imperative. See also Catholic Church in the United States Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States References External links The Archdiocese of Philadelphia website How to Conduct Politics as Catholics: The Denver Memorandum, Espresso (August 13, 2008) Review of Render Unto Caesar, The Ludwig von Mises Institute (September 2, 2008) 'More than able to hold her own,' girl gets boot from Catholic football league. Chaput quoted. 1944 births Roman Catholic archbishops of Philadelphia Roman Catholic archbishops of Denver Capuchins American people of French-Canadian descent Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation people Religious figures of the indigenous peoples of North America Catholic University of America alumni University of San Francisco alumni People from Rapid City, South Dakota People from