Chaplain pleads guilty to adultery, threats

[Number1]

FORT DRUM, N.Y. - A 10th Mountain Division chaplain was stripped of his rank and sentenced to five months in military prison after pleading guilty to adultery and threatening to kill his mistress when she wanted to end their relationship, Fort Drum officials said Friday.

Threatening to kill somebody is a criminal offence but what about adultery? Or is this an Army related offence?

 

[Alone]

Adultery, yes.

 

[Netopia]

According the the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice), adultery is most assuredly a crime and can be punished with prison time.

When I was a Sgt in the Army, I caught one of my men committing adultery with the wife of another one of my men. I turned him in and he spent six months in jail and was then given a bad conduct discharge.

You have to understand that it's a bit different in the military. In my case for example, we were in a front line infantry unit. Men had to know that they could trust their lives in the hands of their fellow soldiers. If a soldier is going to screw over his buddy like that in a time of peace, what might that soldier do when things were bad.

Joe

 

[flyboy84]

Yes, I believe sleeping with another service member's spouse is an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

 

[Number1]

OK especialy for a chaplain.

Thanks