Marquette Univ dumps new dean who wrote books about sodomy being "normal"

Jodi O'Brien, a professor and department chair at Seattle University - which, like Marquette, is Jesuit - had visited Milwaukee to look for a house after she was offered the College of Arts and Sciences position. However, the school pulled the offer this week, citing published works from O'Brien "relating to Catholic mission and identity."

Some students and professors protested Thursday, saying that the topics of her academic writings, which include sociological studies of vignettes on gay and lesbian sex, were clear before O'Brien was offered the post.

[Marquette President Father Robert A. Wild said:]  "I also would say that we can, will and must learn from this. My colleagues and I who are responsible for conducting academic searches will, of course, learn something further on how we can improve our protocol and due diligence. But I think much more importantly, I have learned something about the work we need to do to get us to an even greater level of inclusion and support as a community so that decisions like this one, as difficult as they are, do not so quickly polarize us."

Whole article from JSOnline 

So first they hire her.  Then someone lets Wild know who is not his "colleague".  Then he rescinds the offer to O'Brien.  I'm not all that in tune with Marquette politics but did the Archdiocese give a call to Fr Wild and kindly let him in on public knowledge?  It seems there are some on this committee who do not share the universal Catholic mission and identity.

I'm glad to see Marquette U reestablishing that Catholic identity.