Costa Rica's Catholic
Church Stripped Of Right To Approve Religion
Teachers
The Sala Constitucional (Costa Rica’s
Constitutional Court) stripped the
Catholic Church of its right to choose which
religion teachers it will hire, after
reversing a 1972 law stating that the
teachers must be approved by the Bishops’
Conference of Costa Rica.
The 4-3 ruling was the result of challenge
filed by Randall Trejos Alvarado, who argued
that the requirement caused numerous
teachers to lose their jobs and constituted
intrusion by the bishops into the affairs of
public schools.
In Costa Rica, as well as in other
countries, the Catholic Church has signed
agreements with the State allowing the
Church to select the candidates who will
teach Catholic religion, not only on the
basis of intellectual formation, but also on
the candidate’s moral life.
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