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By
Julia Marsh
December
18, 2013 | 5:44pm
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Gregory
Kenney claims he was axed by Trinity athletic director Pat Krieger,
inset, for being a straight, married dad. Photo: Victor Alcorn
A
married, heterosexual gym teacher at a tony Upper West Side
private school was fired because his lesbian supervisor disapproved
of his “traditional family status,” the canned teacher claims
in a new Manhattan lawsuit.
Gregory
Kenney, 50, taught gym at the Trinity School on W. 91st St.
for 16 years before he was let go in June 2012.
Kenney,
who lives with his wife and three young children in LI, says
he was a well-liked employee at the elite institution that counts
Truman Capote, Ivanka Trump and Eric Schneiderman as alumni,
until a gay athletic director named Pat Krieger took over in
2009.
Krieger
allegedly forced him to coach three sports, even though his
contract only required him to join two teams, according to his
reverse discrimination suit.
When
he complained that the extra responsibilities interfered with
his family obligations Krieger allegedly told him, “We all make
choices,” the suit says.
After
Kenney told Krieger that he couldn’t keep working nights and
weekends, she reported him to the headmaster “while a single,
female teacher faced no scrutiny when she refused to coach a
third season.”
Kenney
claims the allegedly biased athletic director “routinely favored
other single, younger females without children and discriminated
against [him] because of his gender, sexual orientation, ‘traditional
family status,’ and age.”
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Kenney
says he was fired because of his “traditional family status”
from Trinity High School.Photo: Angel Chevrestt
“He
felt ostracized because of his family,” Kenney’s attorney, Steven
Morelli told The Post in an interview.
“He
had been doing this for so many years and he certainly did the
job well or they would have gotten rid of him a long time ago,”
Morelli added.
Kenney
coached soccer, basketball and golf at Trinity, where tuition
costs as much as $41,370 a year.
“On
at least one occasion Kenney was dissuaded from attending social
events with his peers because he was a heterosexual, married
male with children, who wouldn’t fit in with [Krieger’s] ‘culture.’”
He
says three other married coaches with young children were also
sacked. Kenney was replaced by a gay female, according to court
papers.
Kenney,
who has 7-year-old twins and a 9-year-old, is still looking
for a new job.
He’s seeking unspecified damages in the suit.
He’s seeking unspecified damages in the suit.
A
spokesman for Trinity did not immediately comment.
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