Dive Brief:

• General Theological Seminary in Manhattan has fired eight of its 10 full-time faculty members after they pushed for the firing of the dean and president, Rev. Kurt Dunkle.
• The faculty and students at the Episcopal seminary complained that Dunkle made vulgar remarks and has been an overly controlling micromanager who has threatened those who disagree with him with firing or demotion, the New York Times reported.
• The eight faculty members tried to force the seminary’s board to meet with them over the Dunkle issue by walking off the job on Friday, but on Monday, the board recognized the act as a mass resignation.

Dive Insight:

This looks likely to get resolved without the faculty members losing their jobs, because negotiations between the board and the professors are continuing. The Times notes that a similar controversy has occurred at another Episcopal seminary, the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. Meanwhile, the 140 students at the school wait for professors to teach their classes. Faculty and clergy from other seminaries started a petition calling for the professors to be reinstated.