The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has stepped in to file a lawsuit accusing Catholic Charities of firing an African-American case manager after he complained about racially offensive treatment. Keith Bogard claimed that because of his race he was given undesirable assignments at a Catholic Charities group home in San Francisco. He also charged that staff members made racist statements and that a resident routinely addressed him using a racial epithet. Bogard said he was fired the day after submitting a written complaint to Catholic Charities management. In addition to the issue of harassment, a federal court will decide whether the timing of Bogard’s dismissal was a coincidence or in retaliation for filing his complaint.