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It sounds like the “Coercive Baptisms” incident <\/a>might be cleared up<\/a>. The army probe has exonerated the chaplain, saying that the facts don’t support the story as it appeared.<\/p>\n

“I am confident that Chaplain (Josh) Llano does not, has not and will not use coercion in the exercise of his official responsibilities,” said Chaplain (Col.) Al Buckner, director of operations at the Army’s chief of chaplains office at the Pentagon, in a statement.
\nA report from the Knight Ridder news agency about Llano’s possible exchange of baptisms for baths prompted strong criticism from organizations concerned about church-state separation. That news story stated that the 32-year-old chaplain, who described himself as a “Southern Baptist evangelist,” told a reporter: “It’s simple. They want water. I have it, as long as they agree to get baptized.”
\nA statement from the U.S. Army’s Office of the Chief of Public Affairs said Llano does not recall making such a statement. “He did make some of the remarks the reporter attributed to him, but not all to her, and not in the context or with the intent the article appeared to suggest,” the statement reads.
\nThe Army said soldiers at Camp Bushmaster were not suffering from a water shortage and the chaplain was only given water for baptism after water needs of the soldiers were met. “Soldiers had no need to resort to being baptized to get clean,” the Army said.<\/p>\n

(Volokh was unable to find the news online. The RNS <\/a>is a subscription service; I can find the headline for the story on their site, but can’t pull up the text. I’m a bit surprised I can’t find the story elsewhere, though, since this is dated the 11th.)<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/u>: Ah. Here we go<\/a>, with more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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