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Sgt. A.J. DeBellis, who joined the LAPD in 1990, filed a
complaint Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging discrimination,
harassment and retaliation, according to City News Service.
DeBellis claims he was “verbally berated” and issued
negative comment cards by a captain and a lieutenant after voicing complaints
about his mandatory attendance at a training session and holiday gathering at a
Christian church in Chatsworth in December 2012.
DeBellis claims he was required to sit through a recital of
a Christian prayer and that religious music was played “during a significant
portion of the event.”
“As a practicing Wiccan, (DeBellis) was deeply offended by
the department’s decision to conduct the training session and holiday gathering
at a religious facility and reasonably believed that the event violated the
Establishment Clause and separation of church and state,” documents obtained by
CNS read.
DeBellis, who was assigned to the Devonshire Division at the
time, was allegedly given an unexpected shift change and was no longer
permitted to fill in as watch commander, moves he defines as “religious-based
harassment and retaliation”.
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