A church youth mentor is no longer welcome at an Oregon school after a student accused him of promoting Christianity and insulting her because she is an atheist.
Straub Middle School principal Laura Perez told the Salem Statesman-Journal that Tim Saffeels, the Salem Heights Church director of student ministries, made the students uncomfortable.
“I decided that I’m not going to allow him in because to me there was a breach of trust there,” Perez explained.
Eighth-grader Shelby Conway wrote an email to the principal asking that the volunteer not come back. Conway claimed Saffeels asked students about their religious beliefs. When she told him she was an atheist, according to her email, he told her that atheism is “wrong,” “bad,” “stupid” and “evil.”
School Bans Church Official After Atheist Student Accused Him Of Promoting Christianity « CBS Seattle
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