Yale Divinity School criticizes Air Force chaplains
DENVER — A team from the Yale Divinity School says it has found lingering problems among chaplains at the Air Force Academy, where commanders face allegations that evangelical Christians wield too much influence among cadets and leaders.
The Rev. Kristen Leslie, leader of the group, said the academy invited the team to return in July, but school officials controlled members' activities so tightly that they didn't get to see many examples of chaplains in action.
Leslie's report on the team's 2004 visit said an evangelical Christian chaplain had urged cadets in his congregation to confront other cadets and tell them they would burn in hell if they didn't become born again....