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How do you know that happened? If the reason for her firing was "premarital sex," why would you then hire her partner in said sex?
I can't believe people are this obtuse. A religious institution, particularly one that teaches their faith, a faith that includes pre-marital sex as a sin, has every right to expect that those it employs will either be practicing members of their faith or, if not, respectful of the teachings of their faith. Thus the provision within her contract. It's likely, although I have no evidence to support this, that this is a standard contract that employees who are not members of the faith sign upon being hired - members of the faith would not need to because it would be expected they would be faithful and subject to dismissal if not.
The woman broke the terms of her contract and was thus dismissed - had the boyfriend/husband been employed with the school at the same time, he would have been treated the same way. I worked for a Catholic school board and can assure you that any employee who had direct contact with students who acted in a way that was contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church was given two options - they were asked to submit their resignation, and the Board would keep the issue quiet, or they were fired and if asked for a reference in the future, the reason for dismissal could be shared. Most chose to resign, and there were many.