Is praying for a peer an aggressive thing to do? This case is interesting because the employment
April 5, 2015
By Elaine O-flynn
April 5, 2015By Elaine O-flynn
A devout Christian (click here) has launched an appeal against an employment tribunal which
found she had ‘bullied’ a Muslim colleague by praying for her and
inviting her to church.
Victoria
Wasteney, 38, says she was branded a ‘religious nutcase’ when she was
suspended from her job as a senior occupational therapist, after her
colleague Enya Nawaz, then aged 25, accused her of trying to convert her
to Christianity.
Her
lawyers have now submitted a challenge to an employment tribunal,
arguing that they broke the law by restricting her freedom of conscience
and religion - enshrined in article nine of the European Convention of
Human Rights.
Miss
Wasteney, a born-again Christian, was working at the St John Howard
Centre in Homerton, east London, when she became friendly with a junior
colleague Miss Nawaz.
The
two women had discussed Islam and Christianity, as well as the work
done by her church at the Christian Revival Church in the O2 Arena in
Greenwich against human trafficking....
This particular employer in London is not affiliated with a religious order of any king. It is a mental health facility where dangerous criminals are maintained.
