Now THIS is interesting. A test of the current state of the state-religion divide.

An overly aggressive Catholic teacher defending the staunch ultra-Conservative dogma of Catholicism against a more liberal student in the Catholic school system.

This teacher was sanctioned by the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT - the governing body of all teachers in Ontario that posses an active Ontario Teaching Certificate, in or out of the classroom) for, in part, interacting with the student as follows:

At a Sept. 25, 2019 Catholic Values Subcommittee meeting, Del Grande directed comments and behaviour toward a student who opposed showing an anti‑abortion film in schools. The OCT found that he rolled his eyes, snickered, used a hostile tone, and told the student, “You’ve been brainwashed by the liberals.” [emphasis mine]

The OCT concluded that:

these actions amounted to verbal abuse, psychological or emotional abuse, disgraceful or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member under Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The Floodgates of Hell opening up in Ontario Catholic High Schools? Teachers in the Catholic School System in Ontario being put on notice that there are limits to how far they can go in pushing the Catholic doctrine on a student? A student who can openly oppose the position of a teacher that aggressively defends the Catholic religious dogma, under the protection of the OCT potentially sanctioning the teacher against abusing the student?

This should definitely reverberate in most Teacher break rooms in the Catholic Schools in Ontario.

Of interest is that the reach of the OCT in sanctioning a teacher goes far beyond the classroom. It includes any teacher-student interaction, wherever it occurs. All that is necessary is for anyone, including the student or parent of the student, to bring the activity to the attention of the OCT.