Christian Social Worker to Appeal Tribunal Ruling in Discrimination Case

Published on July 2, 2024

A social worker who had a job offer withdrawn by an NHS provider because of his Christian views on homosexuality has vowed to appeal after an employment tribunal upheld part of his claim but ruled he was not discriminated against by the failure to employ him. Felix Ngole, 46, told the hearing in April that Touchstone Leeds discriminated against him because of his religious beliefs when they withdrew his “dream job” offer as a hospital discharge mental health support worker at Wakefield Hospital in 2022. In 2015, he had won a Court of Appeal case against Sheffield University which had unlawfully thrown him off his social work degree after it became aware of a Facebook exchange where he quoted the Bible to argue that homosexuality and same-sex marriage are sinful....

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