Overview
- A TRA panel found Lawler guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and imposed an indefinite prohibition, with eligibility to seek a review after four years.
- Witnesses said he told pupils that Martin Luther King Jr. was a fraud and that Rosa Parks did not really exist, presenting these false claims during a lesson meant to cover medieval history.
- The panel found he authored or co‑authored writings describing Islam as “demonic” and male same‑sex relations as a “disgusting perversion,” and condemning abortion as “a great wickedness.”
- While working as a supply teacher in Bristol in September 2022, he told students there was no scientific proof of Covid‑19 and attempted to demonstrate that eating large amounts of salt was safe, after which the school asked that he not return.
- Further findings included telling pupils that BLM stood for “Burn, Loot, Murder” and discussing cocaine purity in class; he had previously received warnings, resigned during an earlier investigation, and was later linked by BBC Wales reporting to extremist statements.