Vindicated: Navy Finds No Fault in Christian Chaplain Who Comforted Dead Sailor’s Family
Chaplain Wes Modder is a highly decorated, greatly respected and deeply praised officer serving in the Navy Chaplain Corps.
His 19-year career has included honored assignments such as serving as chaplain of the Navy SEALs. Just a few months ago, Modder’s commander called him “the best of the best” and a “consummate professional leader” worthy of an early promotion.
Then came what appears to be a “setup” by a homosexual activist to destroy the career of Chaplain Modder because of his biblical view on sexuality and marriage.
In 2014, Modder’s assistant, a married homosexual, covertly searched through Chaplain Modder’s confidential counseling files and then forwarded pirated copies of them to the Equal Opportunity reps as evidence of “discrimination.” In those private counseling sessions, Modder had called homosexuality a sin.
As a result, the base commanding officer at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, Captain J.R. Fahs, removed him from his unit, told him to clean out his desk and forbade him to minister to the spiritual needs of military personnel.
While the Liberty Institute defended Chaplain Modder against these bogus charges in Navy proceedings, AFA Action Alert supporters flooded members of Congress with an amazing 75,395 emails, faxes and phone calls, urging that elected officials stop this witch hunt by homosexual hate.
There’s no doubt that elected officials got involved as a result of the urging of these supporters. We know that many representatives and senators contacted Navy leaders after hearing from them.
Today, we’re pleased to announce that the U.S. Navy has completely exonerated Chaplain Modder from the bogus charges!
This is a perfect example of how Christians can right wrongs when we stand together!
Chaplain Modder’s negative record has been wiped clean and all references to the case have been removed. In addition, the base commander has been reprimanded for the improper manner in which he attempted to have Chaplain Modder wrongly discharged from service.
