So let’s start with Dr. Kenneth Howell’s email.   Dr. Howell is a Ph.D. (obviously, or he wouldn’t be called Dr.) and he is a Senior Fellow for the Institute of Catholic Thought.   He converted to Catholicism in 1996 after serving as a Presbyterian Minister since 1978.   He has a concentration in biblical languages and systematic theology.   He has taught Greek, ...

Here is the text of the email from a student that led to the firing of Dr. Kenneth Howell:

Prof. McKim, 

This past semester, a friend of mine took RLST 127: Introduction to Catholicism. Throughout the semester, he would consistently tell me how the teacher [Ken Howell], who I believe is a priest at the Newman Center, would preach (not teach) his ideology ...

I'm going to present things differently today. There will be a series of posts that will include the text from emails that were exchanged at the University of Illinois illustrating the maltreatment and termination of one of their professors for... well, doing his job.

Our first posting will offer you Dr. Howell's email to the students who were taking his class. The title is:
 
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Alton, Illinois.   July 4, 2010.  

Residents of the Oakwood Housing Complex attacked members of the Alton Fire Department.   A fire truck had been sent to put out a dumpster fire that had been purposefully set at the 700 block of Oakwood.   When ...