The Latest: Ryan says House chaplain will stay in job
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The Latest on chaplain of the House of Representatives (all times local):
6 p.m.
In a reversal, Speaker Paul Ryan says the chaplain of the House of Representatives will stay in his job.
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Ryan's announcement comes hours after Rev. Patrick Conroy said he would withdraw his resignation in a caustic letter charging that a top Ryan aide told him "something like 'maybe it's time that we had a Chaplain that wasn't a Catholic.'"
Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and a Catholic himself, sparked an uproar last month when he asked Conroy to resign. Ryan has said he was dissatisfied with Conroy's pastoral care to lawmakers.
In a statement Thursday, Ryan says "this body is not well served by a protracted fight over such an important post." He says he will sit down with Conroy next week.
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4:25 p.m.
The embattled chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives is seeking to withdraw his resignation in a caustic letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan that accuses a top Ryan staff aide of telling him "something like 'maybe it's time that we had a Chaplain that wasn't a Catholic.'"
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Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and a Catholic himself, forced Conroy to tender his resignation last month, sparking a firestorm. Ryan has said he was dissatisfied with Conroy's pastoral care to lawmakers.
Conroy said in a two-page letter delivered Thursday that he has never "heard a complaint about my ministry" as House chaplain.