In August 2015, St. Mary's rescinded a job offer it made to Lauren Brown in April to work as a college guidance counselor. School officials said she had told them she intended to enter into a same-sex marriage, while Brown said she asked if doing so would affect her employment. The school quickly rescinded their employment offer, and offered Brown half a year's salary in exchange for not going forward to the media. When Brown rejected the offer and the school's action became public on August 26, Archbishop Alexander Sample supported the school's position. A statement was released by the school to parents and alumnae, stating that the hiring reversal was "due to a conflict with current Catholic teachings regarding same-sex marriage." The next day, the school announced that it was adding sexual orientation to its equal employment opportunity policy. It did not renew its employment offer to Brown, officials said, because another person had already accepted the position.