Hospital Chaplains' Infighting Made Changes Necessary: Boss

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[Gerry Ward] removed [Murrell-Cole] from his 13-year position in the psychiatric unit after the non-denominational minister was elected as the union representative for the spiritual care department staff. Murrell-Cole testified earlier that he was kicked out of his office and reassigned to another part of the hospital with twice the responsibilities. He told hearing arbitrator Arne Peltz that he was assigned to share a desk with another chaplain in a tiny office.

Ward testified Wednesday that the psychiatric unit didn't require a lot of spiritual care, so Murrell-Cole was shifted to another area of the hospital. The psychiatric ward eventually became an on-call assignment, and chaplain services were only requested a couple of times a week, said Ward.

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Hospital Chaplains' Infighting Made Changes Necessary: Boss

The priest accused of bullying chaplains at a Winnipeg hospital says most but not all of his staff embraced the changes he was forced...

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