Beth-Israel rejects doctor’s appeal of firing for remarks about gays

BOSTON – Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center officials have finalized a decision to fire a Needham doctor after he made comments to fellow staff members that hospital administrators decided were anti-gay, and disobeyed an order to keep his views to himself. But Richard Mast of Liberty Counsel, a lawyer who represents Dr. Paul Church, a urologist and longtime Harvard Medical School faculty member, has said the comments consisted of Church's medical and religious views.

BOSTON – Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center officials have finalized a decision to fire a Needham doctor after he made comments to fellow staff members that hospital administrators decided were anti-gay, and disobeyed an order to keep his views to himself. But Richard Mast of Liberty Counsel, a lawyer who represents Dr. Paul Church, a urologist and longtime Harvard Medical School faculty member, has said the comments consisted of Church's medical and religious views.…