CHARLESTON — A circuit court judge in Kanawha County sided with the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday, granting an injunction for West Virginia taxpayer funds going to an Ohio-based Catholic-affiliated trade school program.

After a hearing Wednesday morning in Charleston, Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Richard Lindsay ruled in favor of the ACLU-WV and the American Humanist Association, blocking the awarding of $5 million last October by the West Virginia Water Development Authority to the College of St. Joseph the Worker, a Steubenville-based college affiliated with the Catholic Church.

The ACLU-WV filed suit against the WDA in January after the authority awarded the $5 million to the college, which allows students to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Catholic Studies while also

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