The end of a long-running Catholic pastoral care contract with Walter Reed highlights broader concerns about the federal contracting process for such services.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center said Wednesday its decision to hire a secular firm to replace the Franciscan priests who oversee pastoral care in the Bethesda, Maryland, facility is under review.
The end of a long-running Catholic pastoral care contract at a leading U.S. military medical center highlights broader concerns about the federal contracting process for such services, according to the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services.
Officials at the Defense Health Agency may be looking for a way out of a Catholic chaplaincy services contract for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center that has drawn fire from eleven Congressional Republicans.