from Christian Today
Irish teacher Enoch Burke has been released from prison on the orders of the High Court in Dublin, ending the latest chapter in a long-running legal dispute that has drawn attention beyond Ireland.
Burke, an evangelical Christian and former teacher at Wilson’s Hospital School in County Westmeath, has spent around 700 days in prison after repeatedly refusing to comply with court orders directing him to stay away from the school.
He was suspended in August 2022 after a dispute arose with the school management over the introduction of a policy requiring that staff refer to a transgender student by their chosen pronouns, something he strongly objected to on grounds of conscience.
The dispute escalated when he continued to return to the school grounds despite being suspended and courts injunctions later ordering him to stay away.
He has been in and out of prison since then for contempt of court and repeated breaches of court orders.