'We love Jesus' chant at game gets students in trouble

Students at Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School will receive sensitivity training as a result of anti-Semitic chants and graffiti during a recent basketball game against rival Norfolk Academy.

Sullivan Principal Dennis W. Price said, "It is important that we work harder at having students leaving here who are tolerant and understand how serious these kinds of things are," he said.

According to Price, Sullivan students exchanged chants with their rivals during the Feb. 2 game at Norfolk Academy. "Then, at some point, our students were chanting, 'We love Jesus,' " he said. "It was obviously in reference to the Jewish population of Norfolk Academy; that's the only way you can take that."

After the game, a large permanent slogan on the gym wall, "Home of the Bulldogs," was found to have been defaced, with "Jew" written below "Bulldogs" in green paint, Price said.

Price, who was at the game, said the wall was behind the seats of Sullivan students. "It's where we were, where our kids were. I don't think anybody else could have done it." he said. "I'd love to be able to tell you otherwise." Full article here.