Teacher banned for calling Islam 'demonic' and saying Covid was fake
Patrick Lawler was banned for promoting false and discriminatory views including Covid scepticism and anti-LGBTQ remarks, with a minimum four-year bar on reinstatement, TRA said.
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Northumberland teacher banned over controversial statements about Covid, Islam and abortion
Patrick Lawler was banned from the profession after a Teaching Regulation Agency panel found he made controversial statements at schools in Northumberland and Bristol including saying 'cocaine was purer back in the day'
Teacher who told pupils Covid was fake, Islam was demonic and homosexuality was disgusting banned from schools
A teacher who told pupils covid was fake and claimed Islam was ‘demonic’, male homosexuality was an ‘unnatural, unhealthy, disgusting perversion’, and that Black Lives Matter (BLM) stood for ‘Burn, Loot, Murder’ has been banned from the profession.
Teacher banned indefinitely for telling pupils gay men are ‘unnatural’
A former teacher has been barred from the profession after repeatedly telling pupils that “sex between two men was unnatural, unhealthy, disgusting perversion”. The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) has issued a prohibition order, finding his conduct brought the profession into disrepute.Between 2015 and 2020, Patrick Lawler, aged 62, taught at Bede Academy in Northumberland. Alongside his remarks about gay men, he also shared Islamophobic commen…
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