{"id":377286,"date":"2025-11-14T02:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/377286\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T02:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:14:19","slug":"ex-catholic-charities-fort-worth-ceo-asks-courts-for-investigation-of-his-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/377286\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Catholic Charities Fort Worth CEO asks courts for investigation of his termination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly three months after Catholic Charities Fort Worth and its former president and CEO Michael Iglio parted ways<\/a>, the former nonprofit leader wants a Tarrant County court to help him get answers to why he was fired.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iglio filed the petition on Nov. 12 asking Tarrant County\u2019s 352nd District Court for permission to take testimony of several leaders at the charity to investigate the \u201cmysterious nature of the termination.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The purpose of the depositions is to assess whether Iglio was defamed by any staff or defamed or defrauded by the nonprofit\u2019s board. Iglio alleges he was \u201ctreated differently than other past CEOs of Catholic Charities\u201d and needs to determine whether he was discriminated against, according to the court filing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iglio did not respond to the Fort Worth Report\u2019s call and text requesting comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The depositions are a way to \u201cfind out the truth about what happened,\u201d said David Fielding, an attorney representing Iglio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re saying we need more information. Here, it looks like he might have been defamed. It looks like he might have been discriminated against for an unlawful reason, but we want to gather the information first before we make any allegations like that,\u201d Fielding told the Report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCatholic Charities Fort Worth is confident in our decision regarding the future of this agency and all who are served by it,\u201d a spokesperson said to the Report in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThese claims have no merit, and we welcome the opportunity to address any allegations through the appropriate channels of the judicial system,\u201d the statement said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Catholic Charities Fort Worth officials announced that Iglio was no longer<\/a> with the nonprofit in mid-August. They named the nonprofit\u2019s board chair Beth Kwasny as the interim leader.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Catholic Charities officials did not respond to the Fort Worth Report\u2019s questions at the time about why Iglio was no longer with the nonprofit, whether he resigned or was let go, and other queries related to the leadership change. In October the charity named Heather Reynolds<\/a> as its next president and CEO. She is expected to formally step into the role in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iglio wants depositions of several board members including Allison Rix, Butch Bercher, Austin Barr, Sunnie Austin and Kwasny. He also wants testimony from other employees; Reynolds, a professional coach hired by the board to work with Iglio during his performance improvement plan; and a previous interim CEO, according to court records.<\/p>\n

Iglio alleges he was \u201cfired by Catholic Charities for no good reason\u201d and that he was accused of \u201closing his team,\u201d according to court documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis reason is a pretext. The actual reason for Petitioner\u2019s termination was to eliminate him from the organization so the Executive Committee could hire,\u201d the Nov. 12 filing said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iglio had overseen Catholic Charities Fort Worth since June 2023. Before that, he was the organization\u2019s chief operating officer beginning in April 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The filing notes a complaint led to Iglio being subjected to a performance improvement plan on May 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iglio and his attorney allege the agency\u2019s grievance policy was ignored, that he was treated \u201cdifferently than others\u201d and that the complaint against him \u201cwas never disclosed in full\u201d and that \u201che was denied a meaningful opportunity to respond.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Susan Shapiro, the professional coach hired to help Iglio, was allegedly disregarded, according to court records. Iglio alleges Kwasny declined to work with him or the coach, \u201cmaking it clear that the process was not about resolution but about removal,\u201d according to the filing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iglio alleges the board did not follow the organization\u2019s bylaws in adding another board member \u201cfollowing a secret meeting\u201d with Catholic Bishop Michael F. Olson \u201cwithout board approval\u201d; \u201cconsistently meddled\u201d in operational decisions; and \u201cworking around the CEO.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The filing also alleges Iglio was pressured to award \u201cunprecedented\u201d $25,000 bonuses to two employees and coerced him to keep the original complaint and PIP \u201csecret from the full board.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Report did not hear back from Olson regarding a request for comment. A spokesperson for the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth said Olson is attending the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iglio is seeking the information under a specific Texas Rule of Civil Procedure that allows a person to ask a court to take deposition, or sworn testimony, before a lawsuit is formally filed. Iglio noted in the filings that he intends for the testimony to be recorded on video as well as have a written record of the deposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marissa Greene is a Report for America corps member, covering faith for the Fort Worth Report. You can contact her at marissa.greene@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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