St. Bonaventure University claimed Pauline Hoffmann failed to file charges in a timely manner, which should be grounds for dismissal in federal court.
A Catholic university has filed a motion to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit brought on by a professor who claimed she faced professional repercussions because she was a Wiccan and a woman.against St. Bonaventure University in New York, alleging that she was denied a promotion and pressured to resign after telling the school she was a Wiccan. On Friday, the university filed a motion to dismiss the suit on the basis that time barred Hoffmann from suing and she didn't properly argue her case.
When the EEOC closed the case, it informed Hoffman she had the right to sue if the lawsuit was filed within 90 days of receiving its notice. Tom Missel, chief communications officer at St. Bonaventure, toldSt. Bonaventure was founded in 1858 with the interest of promoting Catholic-Franciscan education. Hoffman's employment began in 2006 and, in August 2011, she accepted the position of Interim Dean of the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
"I took a big chance hiring you as a Wiccan," Sister Margret Carney, then-president of the university, told her, according to the lawsuit.
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