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Olive Jones, 54, gave lessons in mathematics to a 14-year-old who suffers from leukemia in the student’s home. In November, Jones spoke about miraculous healings and offered to pray for the girl in front of his mother.

When the mother, Stephanie Lynch, said the family is not religious, Jones said he dropped the subject. Jones believed that was the day on good terms with the family, but hours after his company, Oak Hill Short Stay School and enrollment services, called her and told her mother had lodged a formal complaint against him.

His employer told him that his offer of prayer could be seen as “bullying”.

Unlike Jones, Lynch said he had repeatedly asked the math teacher to stop “preaching” to her daughter. Lynch also said his daughter was “traumatized” and “deeply upset” by the views of Jones, especially after the math teacher, said young people go to heaven after death to the comfort of the student whose friend had died.

“The meetings with Mrs. Jones became increasingly traumatic and decided it was not appropriate for this woman to come to my house,” Lynch recently told Britain’s The Telegraph.

Jones, however, said he was surprised to hear parents had problems with sharing their Christian faith with her daughter.

“I just wanted to encourage them to be open to prayer, but if not then I do not want to force it down their throat,” Jones said in defense, according to the BBC.

The suspension comes after the equal diversity and recent legislation in the UK that require public officials to “promote” equality and “respect” for diversity.

Jones said he is not angry with his employer, who is trying to interpret the new equality and diversity policies, not bitter toward the mother, you’re just doing what he felt was right. Rather, Jones is upset with the system of political correctness in the UK whereby a person can not even talk about their faith.

“I am surprised that a country with a very strong Christian tradition has become a country where it is difficult to talk about their faith,” Jones said.

From Jones only works part time for short periods the Oak Hill school and has a contract with the company, was released by his employer immediately after the filing of the complaint. The home-visiting professor of mathematics expressed fears that the incident has left a “black spot” in its name and character and make it harder for her to find another job.

“If I had done something criminal, I think the reaction would have been the same,” he said.

The defense of the teacher is the Christian Legal Center.

“Whatever you think of the facts, the reaction here is totally disproportionate,” said Andrea Williams, a lawyer and the director of Christian Legal Center, according to the Telegraph. “Mrs. Jones was a supply teacher for nearly five years we are looking into what legal recourse we have to seek reinstatement or damages.”

Williams said: “This is a clear discrimination on grounds of faith.”

The service said Oak Hill School is the creation of an interview with Jones to further investigate the incident.