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after scalding letter to Ryan

By ANDREW TAYLOR Ryan did not directly ad- this week but Ryan said he
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dress Conroy's explosive would meet with Conroy
embattled chaplain of the charge, saying, "To be early next week "so that we
U.S. House of Representa- clear, that decision was can move forward for the
tives has won his job back based on my duty to en- good of the whole House."
just hours after sending a sure that the House has the The chaplain is elected by In this June 13, 2016, file photo Rev. Patrick Conroy, chaplain of
scalding letter to House kind of pastoral services the full House and Demo- the House of Representatives, delivers an interfaith message on
Speaker Paul Ryan that ac- that it deserves." crats said Ryan does not the steps of the Capitol in Washington for the victims of the mass
shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
cused a top Ryan staff aide Burks, in a statement re- have the power to fire him. Associated Press
of telling him "something leased by Ryan's office,
like 'maybe it's time that we said "I strongly disagree
had a Chaplain that wasn't with Father Conroy's rec-
a Catholic.'" ollection of our conversa-
Ryan, a Wisconsin Republi- tion."
can, forced Reverend Pat Conroy also wrote that
Conroy to tender his resig- Burks mentioned a No-
nation last month, spark- vember prayer regarding
ing a firestorm. Ryan has the GOP tax bill that upset
said he was dissatisfied with many Republicans.
Conroy's pastoral care to Then, Conroy prayed for
lawmakers. lawmakers to make sure
But in a statement Thursday, that "there are not win-
Ryan — himself a Catholic ners and losers under new
— reversed course. tax laws, but benefits bal-
"It is my job as speaker to do anced and shared by all
what is best for this body, Americans."
and I know that this body Conroy told The New York
is not well served by a pro- Times last week that shortly
tracted fight over such an afterward Ryan warned
important position," Ryan Conroy to "stay out of poli-
said. tics." Conroy also invited a
Ryan's statement came Muslim cleric last year to
soon after Conroy deliv- give the opening prayer, a
ered a two-page letter that move that Democrats say
said he has never "heard a may have upset GOP con-
complaint about my min- servatives.
istry" as House chaplain. Conroy's resignation
Instead, Conroy says top sparked an uproar last
Ryan aide Jonathan Burks week when it became
told him the speaker want- known that he was asked
ed his resignation, and cit- to quit. Catholic lawmakers
ed a prayer last year that such as Reps. Gerald Con-
was potentially critical of nolly, D-Va., and Peter King,
the GOP tax bill. R-N.Y., were particularly up-
"I inquired as to whether set, especially after a Re-
or not it was 'for cause,' publican lawmaker, Mark
and Mr. Burks mentioned Walker, R-N.C., was quoted
something dismissively like in The Hill as saying Conroy's
'maybe it's time that we replacement should have
had a Chaplain that wasn't a family — which would
a Catholic,'" Conroy wrote rule out Catholic priests —
to Ryan in a letter that was to better serve the needs of
also sent to House Minor- lawmakers.
ity Leader Nancy Pelosi, D- Ryan's retreat came quick-
Calif. ly. Congress is on vacation