Canadian armed forces

This move follows a cabinet-appointed panel's recommendation that Catholic chaplains be purged from the army, navy and air force over church teachings that ...

“Chaplains provide a ‘safe place’ for members to be themselves,” wrote staff. “The defence team cannot consider itself supportive of inclusivity when it employs as chaplains members of organizations whose values are not consistent with the Department of National Defence’s ethics and values,” it added. Advisors were to “further promote diversity and inclusion within the Chaplain Service,” said the note Military Chaplains.