The applicant, Doina Ţîmpău, was born in 1964 and lives in Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Suceava County (Romania). She worked for 20 years as a lay teacher of Orthodox religion in a public school. The case concerns the Archbishop of Suceava’s withdrawal of his endorsement (binecuvântarea) of Ms Ţîmpău to teach religion, alleging unprofessional conduct and a failure to confirm that she was a true preacher of the word of God. Ms Ţîmpău went to court, but the national courts ultimately held that she could not make her case against the Archbishop’s decision before secular courts. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »