Autonomía de las confesiones y profesores de religión: El caso ‘Fernández Martínez c/ España’

Abstract

: This is the case of a professor of religion and Catholic morality at a public educational center in Murcia (Spain), whose certificate of suitability was not renewed by the Bishopric, which authorizes him to practice as a religion teacher, due to the fact that has publicly maintained a conduct and opinions in open contrast with the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. It raises the autonomy of the Catholic Church to judge the suitability of the religion teacher, the right not to propose teachers who have lost this quality and the standards of interpretation that arise from the European Court of Human Rights in order to a legitimate jurisdictional control.