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Nobody likes to become a victim but when it happens twice, it's even harder to accept.
For Carie Charlesworth, who was fired from her teaching job at a Catholic school, this
pill is especially hard to swallow because she lost her employment as a result of being
the victim of domestic abuse.
When this happened, Mrs. Charlesworth had been teaching for 14 years for the San Diego
Catholic school board. Last January, her husband was arrested after the police was called three
times during the same day. Later on, in spite of a restraining order, he showed up outside
the Holy Trinity School where Mrs. Charlesworth taught. Police was called again and he was
put on lockdown.
Following this incident, she and her four children were told not to come back to the
school. The board's human resources director, Bobbie Espinoza, wrote to Mrs. Charlesworth:
"We know from the most recent incident involving you and the principal while you were still
physically at Holy Trinity School, that the temporary restraining order in effect were
not a deterrent to your husband. Although we understand he is currently incarcerated,
we have no way of knowing how long or short a time he will actually serve and we understand
from court files that he may be released as early as next fall. In the interest of the
safety of the students, faculty and parents at Holy Trinity School, we simply cannot allow
you to return to work there, or, unfortunately, at any other school in the Diocese."
In a local interview, the fired teacher said that "they've taken away my ability to care
for my kids. It's not like I can go out and find a teaching job anywhere."