August 21, 2008 'Pregnancy pact' principal has new job Play video

(NECN) - Former Gloucester, Massachusetts High School Principal Joseph Sullivan has a new job. He's been hired as principal of Saint Joseph's School in Wakefield.

Sullivan resigned last Friday, following a furor over his comments on the school's surge in student pregnancies.

He claimed Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk slandered him by questioning his integrity and intelligence.

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GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The former principal of a Massachusetts high school who told Time magazine there was a pact among some students to get pregnant now has a new job.

Joseph Sullivan resigned last week from Gloucester High School following a furor over his comments about a surge in pregnancies among students. He said the mayor had slandered him by questioning his integrity.

On Thursday, the Gloucester Daily Times reported that Sullivan has been hired as principal of St. Joseph's School, a Catholic school in Wakefield for children in kindergarten through eighth-grade.

Mayor Carolyn Kirk disputed the existence of a pact, and didn't invite Sullivan to a news conference on the issue, saying city officials couldn't verify his comments.

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