As multiple news outlets are reporting, Rev. Jenkins tested positive for the coronavirus after attending last week's announcement of the nomination of former Notre Dame law professor (now Judge) Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Rev. Jenkins violated all the public health protocols that faculty and students at Notre Dame are expected to observe, most particularly, by not wearing a mask. (By contrast, the Dean of Notre Dame's law school did wear a mask, while sitting right next to the President!) You cannot demand compliance with public health protocols by your faculty, staff and students, and then flout those protocols yourself in such public fashion. What an embarrassment; he should apologize and resign the Presidency and return to his role as a faculty member in the philosophy department.
UPDATE (October 4): Some students are also calling for his resignation; they're correct.
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