House Chaplain Rescinds Resignation, Forcing Confrontation
[ad_1] Photo Father Patrick J. Conroy is rescinding his decision to resign as the chaplain of the House of Representatives. Credit J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press WASHINGTON — The chaplain of the House of Representatives, who was recently forced to resign by Speaker Paul D. Ryan, said Thursday that he is rescinding his decision — in effect forcing Mr. Ryan to try to fire him. Photo In his letter to the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, Father Conroy said that Mr. Ryan’s chief of staff had said “maybe it’s time that we had a Chaplain that wasn’t a Catholic.” Father Patrick J. Conroy, a Catholic priest who has been the chaplain since 2011, wrote in a letter to Mr. Ryan that he would like to serve out his full two-year term, “and possibly beyon...