JAG CENTRAL

From the Stars and Stripes, this article about a Roman Catholic chaplain in Germany who has been going far and beyond his pastoral duties:

Military prosecutors preferred charges last week against Capt. Gregory Arflack, 44, a Roman Catholic priest with the Bamberg-based 279th Base Support Battalion, in connection with incidents that took place March 21, 2004, in Doha, Qatar, and July 29 and 30, 2005, in Bamberg, said Maj. Bill Coppernoll.

The accusations include three counts of forcible sodomy, three counts of indecent acts, two counts of fraternization with enlisted soldiers, two counts of disobeying orders, one count of indecent assault, and one count of conduct unbecoming an officer, according to a 1st ID news release.

Coppernoll said Arflack is accused of fraternizing and other rules violations with three male enlisted Marines last spring in Qatar. The Bamberg incidents in July involved alleged acts of forcible sodomy with three male enlisted soldiers, one of whom reported them to his chain of command.

Coppernoll said none of the accusations involves underage victims.

According to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, sodomy is defined as “unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex.” To be defined as forcible, the act must have occurred with force and without the consent of the other person.

Categories: Chaplain, Sexual-Abuse