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The Orthodox Christian News Service
Published
by PittsburghLIVE.com, December 10, 2003
Former
New Ken priest files lawsuit over firing
By
Robert Baird
Tribune-Review Media Service
PITTSBURGH
- December
10, 2003: A Greek Orthodox
priest has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit contending he was fired as
pastor of a New Kensington church after he complained about sexual
discrimination toward two female employees at the diocesan offices.
The
Rev. Leon Pachis, 72, formerly of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of
New Kensington, filed the suit Monday against the Greek Orthodox Diocese
of Pittsburgh, on Ellsworth Avenue, Shadyside, and the Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of America, New York.
Pachis,
of Peters, Washington County, who had been pastor since 1995, was fired
Dec. 12, 2002, after he complained about the women's sexually hostile work
environment, the lawsuit said.
Pachis' attorneys had filed a lawsuit last week in federal court on behalf of the two women, Patricia Patsakis, 53, of Lower Burrell, and Angela Sklavos, 32, of Sharon Drive, Forest Hills.