CAAF says chaplains should serve on courts martial
According to CAAFlog, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) has declared invalid military regulations that prohibit chaplains from serving on courts martial.
Traditionally, chaplains have been excluded from serving on courts martial because of conflict of interest concerns. Chaplains, as clergy, hear the confessions of Soldiers. It is unethical and illegal to disclose [...]
Chaplain accused of sex crimes resigns
Officer won’t face court-martial in alleged assault of male soldier
By Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Monday, April 7, 2008
HEIDELBERG, Germany — A V Corps chaplain accused of sex crimes and assault has been allowed to resign his commission rather than face a court-martial.
Capt. Anthony C. Mastromarino was allowed to “resign [...]
A chaplain and his mistress
An Army chaplain has confessed to adultery and threatening to murder his mistress, according to an Associated Press article.
FORT DRUM, N.Y. – A 10th Mountain Division chaplain was stripped of his rank and sentenced to five months in military prison after pleading guilty to adultery and threatening to kill his mistress when she wanted to [...]
Prayers in Jesus’ name
I posted the following elsewhere. It offers only a brief introduction of my thoughts on public ceremonial prayer in Jesus’ name by military chaplains.
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At the schoolhouse [Army Chaplain School], my class was told repeatedly not to pray in Jesus’ name. When I was a chaplain candidate, a supervisory chaplain asked me to write [...]
Chaplains and ethics
Earlier today, I was searching for something online and ran accross this article on the JAG Central blog (the original source). I recognized the name of the Army chaplain involved in the matter–in June 2003, I trained with him for a couple of days at Fort Knox.
I searched a little more and came up [...]
