--- title: Paul Ryan Says House Chaplain Can Stay After Patrick Conroy Rescinded Resignation description: Patrick Conroy, the chaplain of the House of Representatives, rescinded his resignation after being forced to resign by Speaker Paul Ryan. canonical: https://time.com/5265197/house-chaplain-patrick-conroy-rescinds-resignation-paul-ryan/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-03T22:35:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T20:08:14.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paul Ryan Says House Chaplain Can Stay After Patrick Conroy Rescinded Resignation og:description: The decision will create a showdown with the House Speaker og:url: https://time.com/5265197/house-chaplain-patrick-conroy-rescinds-resignation-paul-ryan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce0b80eb4c6ad6c4/69892f7dab6d77c4786b2904/house-chaplain-patrick-conroy-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Association Of Former Members Of Congress Holds Memorial Service For Those Who Have Passed Away In Last 18 Months og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Ryan Says House Chaplain Can Stay After Patrick Conroy Rescinded Resignation twitter:description: The decision will create a showdown with the House Speaker twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce0b80eb4c6ad6c4/69892f7dab6d77c4786b2904/house-chaplain-patrick-conroy-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Ryan Says House Chaplain Can Stay After Patrick Conroy Rescinded Resignation > Sponsored content. 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The House Chaplain, Father Patrick Conroy, speaks during a memorial service at the National Statuary Hall of the Capitol Sept. 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:08 PM UTCPublished: May 3, 2018 10:35 PM UTC House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday reversed his decision about the chaplain of the House of Representatives and said Father Patrick Conroy would keep his job. The move came hours after Conroy sent a scathing letter to Ryan, in which the priest rescinded the resignation that Ryan forced him to give last month. “This body is not well served by a protracted fight over such an important post,” Ryan said in a statement, according to [the AP](https://www.apnews.com/0c45efc19a8841818de86232030e4296/The-Latest:-Ryan-says-House-chaplain-will-stay-in-job). The speaker added that he would meet with Conroy next week. Earlier on Thursday, Conroy sent a [two-page letter](https://static01.nyt.com/files/2018/us/politics/20180304-chaplain-letter.pdf) to Ryan that questioned the Speaker’s authority to fire him and the reasoning behind his ouster. The letter, which was first reported by [the Washington _Post_, ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-chaplain-rescinds-resignation-after-furor-over-his-ouster-by-ryan/2018/05/03/b770de7c-4f07-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.ef9e12f1741b)said Conroy had not been told of any problems with his performance and said that he would like to serve at least the remainder of his two-year term. “I was elected as House Chaplain on May 25, 2011, and I have honorably served in that role since that time. I was re-elected House Chaplain in every succeeding Congress. I have never been disciplined, nor reprimanded, nor have I ever heard a complaint about my ministry during my time as House Chaplain,” Conroy wrote in the letter. Conroy also said in the letter that Ryan never talked to him in person and instead sent his chief of staff, Jonathan Burks, to ask the chaplain for his resignation. The letter suggested that the motivations for his dismissal might have been more political than what Ryan has claimed. The Speaker has said concerns about Conroy’s [“pastoral services”](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/30/speaker-paul-ryan-says-he-ousted-house-chaplain-over-pastoral-services-not-politics/565350002/) were behind his decision. But when other members of the House learned that Conroy’s departure was not voluntary, the move created an uproar and [Democrats signed a letter](http://time.com/5257520/democrats-paul-ryan-house-chaplain/) demanding answers from Ryan. For his part, Conroy’s letter indicated his dismissal may have had to do with his Catholicism, and mentioned that Burks also brought up an opening prayer the priest gave last December as well as an interview with National Journal earlier this year. 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