"Enoch Burke has once again been jailed after once again refusing to follow a court order by once again lingering around the entrance of the secondary school he was fired from. The fired school teacher and staunch evangelist was sent back to Mountjoy Jail this week for yet again ignoring the High Court's instructions to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath, Ireland."
"He continues to insist that the arrests are over his views on what he describes as "transgenderism", despite High Court Justice Brian Cregan frequently reminding him that it is over his refusal to abide by the court's instructions. So how many times has Enoch Burke been arrested since he was fired from his teaching position in 2022? Here is a full timeline. June 2022: Enoch Burke's confrontation with head teacher"
"In August 2022, Enoch Burke was suspended from his teaching position at Wilson's Hospital School following a June confrontation with the school's head teacher over a transgender student's pronouns. During a Church service at the boarding school, senior staff announced that the student had begun using they/them pronouns, asking participants to respect the student's identity. According to the Irish Independent, Mr Burke, a member of the infamous Christian fundamentalist Burke family, interrupted the service to declare his refusal to use the correct pronouns for the students."
Enoch Burke repeatedly returned to Wilson's Hospital School after dismissal, breaching High Court orders to stay away. Repeated breaches led to imprisonment in Mountjoy Jail, accumulated fines, and a total of about 550 days in custody. Burke frames the arrests as related to his views on "transgenderism" and refusal to use certain pronouns. The High Court characterizes the legal consequence as contempt for failing to obey court instructions rather than punishment for views. The initial conflict followed a June 2022 confrontation over a transgender student's pronouns and a subsequent suspension in August 2022.
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