and i told her, yes, i was married to the love of my life, dana jeff jergens, she said it's unfortunaten he was called in to a meeting with administrators and the school's attorney. >> they told me that unfortunately, because i married a man, it was against catholic social teachings and it was against the church, and that they were unfortunately going to have to let me go. >> it wasn't a decision that the school made because he was in this very often on december 17th, wherein he resigned. recognizing fully that he was a catholic, practicing catholic, understood the contract that he had signed. >> michael patterson is the attorney for east side catholic school. >> it was difficult from the standpoint that we knew and he knew that he had made a commitment to the school, that he would uphold the catholic teachings and be in accord with the majesty of the church and when he no longer was able to attest and live to that mission, he made the decision to resign. >> reporter: it was then that the head of the school, sister marry tracey made an unusual suggestion. away for him to keep his job. d