Fired Navy chaplain seen having sex outside Algiers Point bar; pub owner recounts turning in tape | News | theadvocate.com

New Orleans may have a libertine reputation, but what happened last month just outside the Crown & Anchor bar in Algiers Point was too much for owner Neil Timms.

Right in plain view of his surveillance camera, he said, a Navy chaplain, Capt. Loften Thornton, and his female companion were having sex.

"It was the fact that it was a chaplain and it was in public" that upset him, Timms said.
So he handed over video of the tryst to authorities at the nearby Marine Forces Reserve base in Algiers. The chaplain was fired a few days later, officials said.
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Timms said he reviewed his security video, realized the act had been recorded and notified the Federal City base. He said he believed the encounter was consensual but was still alarmed that it involved a military chaplain.

In a statement Wednesday, the Corps said that Lt. Gen. Rex McMillian, the Marine Forces Reserve commander, fired Thornton on March 20 "due to a loss of trust and confidence." The statement did not specify what triggered the dismissal, citing an ongoing investigation.

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 Navy Fires Chaplain for Public Sex One Day After Rejecting Humanist Applicant

Last month, the Navy denied the application of Jason Heap, a well-qualified counselor who sought to become the military’s first Humanist chaplain, after pushback from dozens of Republicans in Congress. What we didn’t know until now was that just a day earlier, the Navy had fired Capt. Loften Thornton for having sex with someone on the street in front of a British-themed pub. The whole incident was caught on camera.
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That said, here’s a case of a religious chaplain presumably failing to live up to both divine and military standards. The Navy fired him, yes, but they also reject secular counselors partly on the basis that they’d somehow degrade the status of the position.

Shouldn’t everyone in that role be judged on their ability to help the troops who need it?

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