Canadian bishop explains attendance at installation of new openly gay military Chaplain General

The installation of Brigadier General John Fletcher as
the Chaplain General of the Canadian Armed Forces

OTTAWA, October 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Bishop Donald Thériault, Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Canada, says that, whatever his personal reservations about his openly homosexual lifestyle, Brigadier General John Fletcher, the newly installed Chaplain General of the Canadian Armed Forces, was the right man for the job. 

“He was the only one with the experience at all levels, and, as they say, crossing all the T’s, as he went along. And so there’s no question about his being the one person in the Canadian Forces in the Chaplaincy who was ready for that position,” said Thériault.

Fletcher was installed as the new Chaplain General September 4, in a ceremony attended by Bishop Thériault and clergy from other faiths and denominations. Fletcher is Canada's first openly gay chaplain to hold the position of Chaplain General. The event was also attended by Fletcher’s homosexual partner, to whom he is legally “married.”  (more...)

Canadian bishop explains attendance at installation of new openly gay military Chaplain General