The Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services says Walter Reed National Medical Military Medical Center is denying veterans and service members their religious rights after ordering a community of local priests to cease providing pastoral care at...
The archdiocese said in a statement that Walter Reed issued a “cease and desist order” to Holy Name College, a group of Franciscan priests who have provided religious services to the hospital for nearly two decades, after the government terminated the friary’s contract on March 31.
The order was issued just before Holy Week, considered to be the most sacred days on the liturgical calendar in which Christians observe Jesus’ death and resurrection. The archdiocese said that there is one Catholic Army chaplain assigned to Walter Reed, leaving the hospital with what they say is inadequate staffing to provide services during Holy Week and beyond.
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