An Oshawa Catholic school trustee resigned after he was accused of calling a Marc Hall supporter "faggot," The Toronto Sun has learned.

Stan Karwowski stepped down from the Durham Catholic District School Board last week over e-mail comments he made to a Toronto man asking that student Marc Hall be allowed to bring his boyfriend to his Catholic school prom.

"He wrote 'Whatever, faggot. It ain't over till the fat lady sings,' " said Jason Bradley, 30, who had sent messages to each of the trustee's board addresses. "I had written him saying that the board shouldn't use religion to justify hate and I guess he didn't like that."

While Karwowski admitted to The Sun that he used an "inappropriate word," he would not say what the word was. "It was in the heat of the moment and I apologized," Karwowski said. "I received hundreds of e-mails, many of them were attacking my beliefs. I'm a human being, I make mistakes."

Bradley received the e-mail after a court ruled Hall and his boyfriend could attend the May 10 prom. He then posted it to a Web site supporting Hall.

Board chairman Mary Anne Martin later posted a message on the same site saying she was "disturbed" by Karwowski's message.

"The (board) disassociates itself from the remarks," wrote Martin, who could not be reached by The Sun. "We apologize to anyone who was hurt by the e-mail's comment."

Karwowski said he decided to resign on his own.