{"id":56095,"date":"2025-08-07T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=56095"},"modified":"2025-08-07T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:00:34","slug":"court-blocks-5-million-west-virginia-grant-to-catholic-trade-college-amid-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/court-blocks-5-million-west-virginia-grant-to-catholic-trade-college-amid-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Rechtbank blokkeert subsidie van $5 miljoen voor katholieke vakschool in West Virginia te midden van rechtszaak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Washington, D.C. Nieuwsredactie, 10 juli 2025 \/ 16:05 uur (CNA).<\/p>\n

Een arrondissementsrechtbank heeft een agentschap in West Virginia verboden om een subsidie van $5 miljoen toe te kennen aan Sint-Jozef de Werkman<\/a>, een in Ohio gevestigde katholieke vakschool<\/a> die van plan was uit te breiden naar de staat.<\/p>\n

In een uitspraak van de rechter oordeelde rechter Richard Lindsay dat de geplande subsidie in strijd zou zijn met Artikel III van de grondwet van West Virginia, die de overheid verbiedt belastinggeld te gebruiken \u201cvoor de bouw of reparatie van enig huis voor openbare eredienst of voor de ondersteuning van enige kerk of bediening.\u201d<\/p>\n

De subsidie was goedgekeurd door de West Virginia Water Development Authority met het oog op economische ontwikkeling. De American Humanist Association een rechtszaak aan<\/a> tegen het agentschap voor het toekennen van de subsidie en werd juridisch vertegenwoordigd door de West Virginia American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe zijn er trots op dat we een standpunt hebben ingenomen namens onze leden en zijn bemoedigd dat de rechtbank voet bij stuk heeft gehouden wat betreft deze ongrondwettelijke toewijzing van middelen,\u201d zei Amitai Heller, juridisch directeur van de American Humanist Association in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDe scheiding van kerk en staat is niet onderhandelbaar, en de [waterautoriteit] had geen zaken met het verstrekken van publieke infrastructuurgelden voor het financieren van religieus onderwijs en belangenbehartiging,\u201d zei Heller. <\/p>\n

\u201cOnze leden zagen deze flagrante schending van de scheiding tussen kerk en staat in hun gemeenschap gebeuren en in overleg met de ACLU van West Virginia hebben we actie ondernomen,\u201d zei hij.<\/p>\n

De uitspraak werd aangekondigd in een persbericht van de humanistische groep. Omdat de rechter mondeling uitspraak deed vanaf de zitting, was er donderdagmiddag nog geen schriftelijk bevel beschikbaar. Een woordvoerder van de groep vertelde aan CNA dat een schriftelijk bevel binnen de komende 30 dagen wordt verwacht.<\/p>\n

Volgens de humanistische organisatie heeft de rechtbank de waterautoriteit 30 dagen de tijd gegeven om een document bij de rechtbank in te dienen waaruit blijkt dat aan het bevel wordt voldaan.<\/p>\n

St. Joseph the Worker, gevestigd in Steubenville, Ohio, doceert bouwgerelateerde vakken zoals timmerwerk, HVAC, elektrotechniek en loodgieterswerk. Het biedt naast de vaklessen ook een bachelordiploma in katholieke studies aan.<\/p>\n

Het subsidiegeld would have supported<\/a> beroepsopleidingen en onderwijsprogramma's in West Virginia. Het zou ook de oprichting van een non-profit bouwbedrijf hebben ondersteund dat studenten in dienst zou hebben genomen om te werken aan projecten voor gemeenschapsvernieuwing die niet winstgevend genoeg zouden zijn om particuliere investeringen te ontvangen.<\/p>\n

Een woordvoerder van St. Joseph the Worker was voor het ter perse gaan niet beschikbaar voor commentaar.<\/p>\n

Toen om commentaar werd gevraagd, weigerde Marie Prezioso, uitvoerend directeur van de West Virginia Water Development Authority, direct op de uitspraak te reageren. <\/p>\n

\u201c[E]ventuele opmerkingen \u2026 zullen worden gemaakt in openbare gerechtelijke documenten of andere openbare bekendmakingen,\u201d zei Prezioso. Ze reageerde niet op een vervolgmail met de vraag of de waterautoriteit van plan is tegen de uitspraak in beroep te gaan.<\/p>\n

Het besluit om de subsidie te blokkeren komt ongeveer twee weken na the court rejected<\/a> het verzoek van de autoriteit om de rechtszaak te seponeren.<\/p>\n

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null \/ Credit: Brian A Jackson \/ Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 \/ 16:05 pm (CNA). A circuit court blocked a West Virginia agency from awarding a $5 million grant to St. Joseph the Worker, an Ohio-based Catholic trade college that planned to expand into the state. 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