[chrisro]

So they knew she was in a bad place financially and still terminated her contract? There's not much to their response that changes this story. They didn't dispute her lack of benefits or the amount of her wages and they confirmed that she was in financial distress (so much so that the priests invited her to live in campus housing but still later the university stopped employing her).

[wmeredith]

Is the University not allowed to terminate contracts of staff "in a bad place financially"? That makes no sense. The college clearly reached out and tried to help her. The pay their adjuncts better than most and why would a part time professor teaching a class or two per semester have benefits? She was also 83 and died of cancer. This was not a 30 year old professor working full time, who couldn't afford treatment for a cold and died. It's a sad story, but the outrage seemed misplaced.