{"id":3468,"date":"2011-11-08T20:50:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T03:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2011-11-08T20:51:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T03:51:27","slug":"a-pagan-chaplain-at-broadmoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3468","title":{"rendered":"A Pagan Chaplain at Broadmoor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

And maybe a Rasta too. The BBC reports that the famous high-security psychiatric hospital is “responding to requests.”<\/a><\/p>\n

A hospital spokesperson said: “Spirituality and religious worship are an important element in supporting recovery from mental health problems.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Colorado readers of this blog, I apologize if the headline puzzled you. Not that Broadmoor.<\/a><\/p>\n

Via A Bad Witch’s Blog<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And maybe a Rasta too. The BBC reports that the famous high-security psychiatric hospital is “responding to requests.” A hospital spokesperson said: “Spirituality and religious worship are an important element in supporting recovery from mental health problems.” Colorado readers of this blog, I apologize if the headline puzzled you. Not that Broadmoor. Via A Bad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,5],"class_list":["post-3468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-england","tag-paganism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-TW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7789,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7789","url_meta":{"origin":3468,"position":0},"title":"Gentrifying the Mansion of Decrees","author":"Chas S. 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