By Ashley Perham, Williamson Daily News
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County judge has said that an Ohio-based Catholic school cannot use funds granted from the state of West Virginia for advocacy or religious educational purposes.
Previous Gazette-Mail reporting found that the West Virginia Water Development Authority granted a $5 million Economic Enhancement Grant to the College of St. Joseph the Worker, based in Steubenville, Ohio.
The nonprofit college combines a bachelor’s degree in Catholic studies with instruction in construction trades. According to grant documents, the institution hopes to expand to multiple locations in West Virginia.
They also plan to create a real estate development and construction company in Weirton that would employ its students.