August 2, 2016|1:13 pm

(Photo: REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi)

A sign marks the entrance to a Macy’s store in Dallas, Texas September 3, 2009.

A Catholic man who worked at the department store chain Macy’s for over 26 years is now taking legal action against his former employer, claiming that he was fired for privately believing that the company’s transgender bathroom policy violates the teachings of the Bible.

Javier Chavez, who was employed as a senior detective at the Macy’s store in Queens, New York, was fired following an incident back in May when he responded to a complaint from a female customer who reported that a man was in the women’s bathroom. The woman said she and her daughter were uncomfortable entering the bathroom with the man being present.

According to the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Chavez instructed a security employee under his command to tell the