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Father patrick conroy has served as chaplain of the house of representatives for the last seven years. until last month, when the most unexpected headline on tax day was that house speaker paul ryan fired the priest and he wasnt saying why. the speaker demanded father conroys resignation, father conroy said okay, but there was no explanation as to why he was being forced out. speculation immediately focused on a prayer the chaplain read about the republican tax bill. quote, may their efforts the...

Quote, on friday, april 13th, your chief of staff came to me and informed me you were asking for my letter of resignation. i inquired as to whether or not it was for cause, your staffer mentioned something like, maybe it was a time we had a chaplain that wasnt catholic. paul ryans chief of staff tonight denies that allegation. but the chaplain has levied that charge, that maybe he was canned with a snide remark about it being time for somebody not catholic. but the chaplain unquit today and ther...

Conroy sent a letter to the house speaker rescinding his resignation. he wrote in part, quote, i have never been disciplined nor reprimanded nor have i ever heard a complaint of my ministry during my time as house chaplain. when he asked ryans chief-of-staff why he was being let go he was told, quote, maybe its time that we had a chaplain that was not a catholic. ryans chief-of-staff, jonathan burke took issue with ryans version of events, says he strongly disagrees with conroys recollection of ...

>> yes. who appointed father conroy. they elevated this as an issue. let him serve out his term we wouldnt be talking about the issue tonight. >> it came out of nowhere, this kind of event but frankly talking to people over the course of the weekend, this is what everyone is talking about right now. it means a lot to people. >> it deals with personal issues in a matter of faith. theres going to be a lot of attention put to who precedes him, and the sentiments expressed over the past couple of we...

Patrick conroy. he told in an interview why he didnt know why he was asked to resign. but he did recall a time in november when they clashed after he gave this prayer in the house. >> as legislation on taxes continues to be debated this week and next, may all members be mindful that the institutions and struck or thes of our great nation gave some the opportunities to achieve great success while others continue to struggles. may their efforts guarantee there are no winners and losers under new t...

About the republican conference? were there complaints about him allowing a muslim to pray? was it mainly -- how much of a blowback did you hear after the prayer right before the tax bill which actually pretty much lines up with matthew 25 and most all of jesus words. >> as a former member of the house republican conference you know theres probably complaints about everything at every single time in congress, someone is always upset. there was a perception that father conroy was closer to democr...

Ryans motives are political pointing to a prayer he delivered on the house floor in november urging economic equality while lawmakers debated tax overhaul legislation. ryan denied that move was politically motivated, however democrats on friday forced a vote to start an investigation into conroys firings but the measure ultimately failed. meanwhile, republican congressman and baptist pastor mark walker, one of the three representatives looking for conroys replacement announced he has left the co...

The kind you could only have happen in washington. but what happened behind the scenes is there were complaints about this chaplain, about father conroy, people thought he wasnt dynamic enough, people were unhappy with him in some pockets of the republican conference, but there was a way to avoid this which paul ryan appeared not to take, they could have let him stay until the end of the year, theyre pushing him out in the middle of may, just a couple weeks after he was told he was going to be g...

Nope! which is why i have xfinity xfi. its super fast and you can control every device in the house. [ child offscreen ] hey! lets basement. and thanks to these xfi pods, the signal reaches down here, too. so sophie, i have an xfi password, and its "daditude". simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. speculation continues to mount about why speaker paul ryan asked jesuit priest patrick conroy to resign as chaplain of the house. father conroy and others believe

Obvious. also, mika, this spiresy theory that anybody who believes that prosecutors in the southern district of new york would go after the president of the united states attorney without having everything dead to septemberer have no idea how that office or any other prosecutors office works. do you really want to be the person that crew scrscrewed up national stage and destroy your zpleer th career? thats a rhetorical question. still ahead, house chaplain patrick conroy says he was blindsided...