Suicide Attempt as Grounds for Dismissal from a Catholic Workplace?

[Lady Grey, Hot]

Does it seem reasonable that a Catholic church or school might fire an employee for attempting suicide? I've never heard of a case like this, so this particular question is purely theoretical, but I have heard of (for example) women found pregnant out of wedlock being dismissed, so I am wondering if the same sort of principle that would motivate that would apply.

[KnightofChrist]

I've worked at non-catholic places that have. But not solely on the grounds of the attempts, but rather being unsafe at work, or unstable and inability to fulfill their job duties. For one friend despite all my efforts to be there for him, get professional help for him, took his life. We both worked on the same machine together, which demanded long hours, was very difficult and profoundly stressful to operate. He couldn't handle it. 

So to answer your question, I'm not sure. I don't believe I'd be able to fire someone because of it.

[Credo in Deum]

Reasonable in terms of that individual being a safety risk.  I’m sure most places, Catholic or not, would require an individual to undergo some type of treatment and be cleared to return to work by a mental health professional. 
 

Personally, I wouldn’t find it reasonable to fire an individual solely because they attempted suicide.  I would find it reasonable if the individual is unwilling to seek help or do something to demonstrate they’re no longer a safety concern to themselves or those around them. 

Edited January 5, 2022 by Credo in Deum

[Dennis Tate]

On 1/5/2022 at 10:08 AM, Lady Grey, Hot said:

Does it seem reasonable that a Catholic church or school might fire an employee for attempting suicide? I've never heard of a case like this, so this particular question is purely theoretical, but I have heard of (for example) women found pregnant out of wedlock being dismissed, so I am wondering if the same sort of principle that would motivate that would apply.

This is an interesting question.....

on the other side of this it might be possible for somebody who had been tempted toward suicide in the past to be hired by some Roman Catholic charities that specialize in assisting those with suicidal tendencies to avoid making that error.  

If I remember correctly.. .it may have been in the book "Transformed By The Light" by Melvin Morse M. D. that a study was referred to in which one group of people who had recently attempted suicide were simply given near death experience accounts to read and zero people from that group attempted suicide again during the duration of the study.  Dr. Melvin Morse felt that simply reading near death experience accounts could prevent suicide in some cases by giving the suicidal patient reason to doubt that perhaps committing suicide..... .did not even necessarily lead to the oblivion that they wanted??????