{"id":13675,"date":"2011-10-18T01:45:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T06:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=13675"},"modified":"2011-10-17T23:34:01","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T04:34:01","slug":"former-army-chaplain-convicted-in-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/18\/former-army-chaplain-convicted-in-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Army Chaplain Convicted in Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stars and Stripes <\/em>reports that a “former” US Army Chaplain, Capt Joseph Parker, was convicted in an assault on a German national<\/a> (that resulted in a fractured skull) after Parker’s girlfriend was “disrespected.”<\/p>\n

Parker has apparently said Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, brought on by his interactions with servicemembers in Iraq, explained the “out of character” conduct:\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Two incidences were especially tough on him.<\/p>\n

In one, a soldier reached out to Parker for help but then committed suicide; Parker arrived the soldier\u2019s camp one day too late.<\/p>\n

Another time, Parker advised a soldier to go to the hospital for help. The soldier was killed in a shooting at the hospital.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How, precisely, Parker is a “former” Chaplain remains unclear.\u00a0 Apparently, his ecclesiastical endorser had already rescinded its endorsement due to other behavioral issues, which would normally result in administrative separation proceedings.<\/p>\n

While Parker’s conduct is not a reflection of the military Chaplaincy as a whole, it does serve as a reminder that Chaplains are people, too<\/a>, and their community is not without its struggles<\/a> — or flaws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Stars and Stripes reports that a “former” US Army Chaplain, Capt Joseph Parker, was convicted in an assault on a German national (that resulted in a fractured skull) after Parker’s girlfriend was “disrespected.” Parker has apparently said Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, brought on by his interactions with servicemembers in Iraq, explained the “out of character” conduct:\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5284,52,2327,2,225],"class_list":["post-13675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chaplain","tag-chaplain","tag-iraq","tag-joseph-parker","tag-military","tag-ptsd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}