A kindergarten teacher at a Catholic school in Vineland, New Jersey, was put on paid administrative leave because she's a surrogate carrying a baby for another family. The Catholic faith deems surrogacy unethical , but the teacher said she never thought she would be pulled from the classroom just weeks into the school year.

Usually, Jadira Bonilla would be in the classroom on a Monday morning in September with her kindergarteners at St. Mary School in Vineland.

"Today's the first day of fall. I have so many fun activities that I usually do with them," Bonilla said.

Instead, Bonilla was told to stay home after being placed on paid administrative leave 10 days ago because she's a gestational surrogate, now 25 weeks along in her pregnancy.

"They pulled me into the office, and the dioce

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