{"id":1754757,"date":"2022-11-29T06:07:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T11:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754757"},"modified":"2022-11-29T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:20:32","slug":"wisconsin-childrens-hospital-stacks-bench-of-chaplains-with-trans-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-childrens-hospital-stacks-bench-of-chaplains-with-trans-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Children&#8217;s Hospital Stacks Bench of Chaplains With Trans Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-childrens-hospital-stacks-bench-of-chaplains-with-trans-activists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754757&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Wisconsin\u2019s premier children\u2019s hospital has had its fair share of scandal, particularly with regard to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/24\/premier-childrens-hospital-fires-unvaxxed-nurses-after-questioning-and-rejecting-their-religious-beliefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">religious liberty and leadership<\/a>, but the bar just keeps getting lower: Children\u2019s Wisconsin is now hiring trans activists as chaplains and \u201cspiritual care interns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s staff members were first notified of such new hires when fliers were posted around the inpatient units advertising, \u201cMeet Your New Chaplain: Kate Newendorp.\u201d The first tip-off to Newendorp\u2019s beliefs about the sexes was featured prominently on the posters, with a proclamation of her pronouns as \u201cshe\/her\/hers\u201d and those of her fiance, a female who goes by \u201cthey\/he.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking in a pediatric hospital is a dream come true!!\u201d Newendorp is quoted on the flier. \u201cI am so excited to be working alongside everyone and am pumped to be part of the team. Think of me as your friendly next-door neighbor!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image0-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image0-1.jpeg 496w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image0-233x300-1.jpeg 233w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The poster is just your garden-variety job announcement, but a deeper dive shows that Newendorp\u2019s social Marxist views aren\u2019t confined to a push for preferred pronouns. The new chaplain is all-in for transgender surgeries, abortion, and a rejection of religious teaching when it cuts against her personal comfort.<\/p>\n<p>Despite biblical Christian doctrine affirming the sanctity and humanity of life in the womb, the existence of only two distinct sexes, and the immorality of same-sex relations in both the Old and New Testaments, the new \u201cchaplain\u201d proudly rejects all of this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Jesus. Be gay. Get ordained,\u201d she wrote on Facebook in June, with pictures of herself in rainbow garb. \u201cWhat better way to celebrate Pride than being ordained?! Many thanks to my church and classis for being willing to stand for queer folks being included in ministry and for allowing me to follow God\u2019s call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several months later, on Oct. 17, 2022, after announcing her engagement to her female fiance who identifies as transgender, the Children\u2019s Wisconsin \u201cchaplain\u201d spouted off about her church online. \u201cAlso your casual reminder that my validity as an ordained minister is currently under review by my denomination because of the love I feel for my fianc\u00e9. Do better Church, because I\u2019m not going anywhere. I was called,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Newendorp doesn\u2019t just reject biblical relationships in her own life; she\u2019s a full-fledged left-wing activist who twists religion to advance her preferred leftist policies. Her Twitter bio announces that she\u2019s a \u201cChaplain desiring to shake things up\u201d and says she\u2019s \u201cDaydreaming about \u2026 a time where God isn\u2019t referred to with male pronouns.\u201d On Facebook, she shared a blasphemous poem called \u201cJesus at the Gay Bar\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-2.19.09-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-2.19.09-PM.png 552w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-2.19.09-PM-199x300.png 199w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>But she\u2019s also used her religion card to proclaim that loving your neighbor looks like \u201cgetting vaccinated and masking up\u201d and voting for Democrats, and that \u201cAbortion is a religious freedom.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-21-at-2.23.18-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-21-at-2.23.18-PM.png 693w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-21-at-2.23.18-PM-275x300-1.png 275w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cPeople of all genders and sexualities have and need abortions. Abortion is healthcare,\u201d Newendorp wrote with misinformation about maternal deaths. \u201cI am an ordained minister who supports a person\u2019s right to choose what is right for their life and their body. I am pastor [sic] who is pro-choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-2.28.16-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-2.28.16-PM.png 461w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-2.28.16-PM-162x300.png 162w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In January, Newendorp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-jensen-have-top-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">started a GoFundMe<\/a> \u201con behalf of Jennifer London\u201d to help her fiance \u201cJensen\u201d undergo a double mastectomy, known in the transgender-activist world by the euphemism \u201ctop surgery.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Since moving to Wisconsin for her role at the children\u2019s hospital, Newendorp appears to have become friendly with the other chaplains, posting pictures of herself going wedding dress shopping with fellow Children\u2019s chaplain Ian Butts. This indicates Newendorp is not the only anti-Christian person installed in a religious role at the hospital to help families deal with life-and-death medical situations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-2.48.14-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-2.48.14-PM.png 690w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-2.48.14-PM-252x300-1.png 252w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>If Butts\u2019 name sounds familiar, that\u2019s because he was the chaplain who interrogated Children\u2019s staff members who submitted religious exemption requests over the disastrous Covid shot mandate that left many hospitals <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/10\/how-vaccine-mandates-caused-dangerous-hospital-care-shortages-in-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dangerously understaffed<\/a>. As part of the invasive vetting process, Butts grilled employees about their religious beliefs to determine whether their theology met his standards for being allowed their First Amendment rights and freedom to make their own medical decisions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/10\/how-vaccine-mandates-caused-dangerous-hospital-care-shortages-in-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In Wisconsin, Hospital Shortages Aren\u2019t From Covid, They\u2019re From Vaccine Mandates<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As I <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/24\/premier-childrens-hospital-fires-unvaxxed-nurses-after-questioning-and-rejecting-their-religious-beliefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> in these pages at the time, \u201cThe questions included the specifics of the employees\u2019 personal religious convictions and their vaccination record, with Butts pressing on what he considered to be contradictions. Two particularly leading questions regarded the specifics of how the employees would keep their patients safe without being vaccinated, implying a moral implication of refusing a vaccine, as well as how they could square working for a hospital that mandated something so contrary to their personal convictions as a condition of employment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already seen that Children\u2019s holds little value for respecting deeply held religious beliefs, given their recent COVID Religious Waiver Committee. But this feels like a step too far. This feels like they have actively recruited activists into this field to further their progressive agenda,\u201d one former Children\u2019s Wisconsin employee told The Federalist of the trans activist chaplains. \u201cI think this situation really calls into question who do we want guiding the spiritual development of our children \u2014 especially children who are stuck in a hospital, isolated, sometimes alone, and extremely vulnerable and easily impressionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s also recently posted a flier for a \u201cSpiritual Care Intern\u201d named Meg Trimm, who demanded to be referred to by the third-person plural pronouns \u201cThey\u201d and \u201cThem.\u201d This chaplain intern was \u201can LGBTQ+ community educator and LGBTQ+ teen safe space facilitator\u201d who believes \u201ca professional chaplain\u2019s job is not to convert anyone or preach religion, but to empower each person to find and use the hope and resilience systems they already have.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-3.02.47-PM-768x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-3.02.47-PM-768x1024-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-3.02.47-PM-225x300-1.png 225w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-3.02.47-PM.png 1038w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Like Newendorp, Trimm rejects biblical teaching such as the concurrent depravity and creation in God\u2019s image of people of all skin colors to instead espouse the most radical of left-wing political and theological views. Trimm has shared numerous TikToks of herself \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefragglewhithin\/video\/7135561514152365358?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deconstructing my white supremacy<\/a>,\u201d explaining that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefragglewhithin\/video\/7033105745835019566?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gender is infinite<\/a>,\u201d proclaiming, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefragglewhithin\/video\/7160142761801338158?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">God is TRANSGENDER!!!<\/a>\u201d and saying, \u201cGod has a purpose for your life, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefragglewhithin\/video\/7106539836307246382?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it might be fricken queer<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply concerned with this new infiltration of trans activists into our chaplain and faith-based services,\u201d the former Children\u2019s employee told The Federalist. \u201cWe have already witnessed the erosion and lost of public trust in fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work and general mental health counselors due to the rise of activists in these areas. Now parents have to worry about this as well?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/19\/the-transgender-movement-is-not-just-intolerant-its-barbaric-and-violent-and-its-coming-for-your-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">other pediatric hospitals<\/a> that have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/11\/vanderbilt-health-is-treating-tennessee-minors-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently<\/a> come <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/29\/tennessee-gop-lawmakers-blast-vanderbilt-for-mutilating-children-threatening-doctors-who-objected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">under fire<\/a> for mutilative transgender interventions, the \u201cGender Health Clinic\u201d at Children\u2019s Wisconsin advertises medical interventions and surgeries for children up to age 16, with no specified age the hospital deems too young. It advertises that its services include \u201ctop surgery\u201d (meaning a mastectomy that mutilates a child\u2019s healthy and developing breasts), wrong-sex hormones, and allegedly \u201creversible\u201d puberty-blocking hormones, although that isn\u2019t what the experts and \u201cscience\u201d say. <\/p>\n<p>While the National Health Service used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/the-nhs-has-quietly-changed-its-trans-guidance-to-reflect-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claim<\/a> such gender-bending interventions were \u201creversible,\u201d it has since backpedaled, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/gender-dysphoria\/treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Little is known about the long-term side effects of hormone or puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria. \u2026 It\u2019s also not known whether hormone blockers affect the development of the teenage brain or children\u2019s bones. Side effects may also include hot flushes, fatigue and mood alterations. \u2026 [Gender-affirming] hormones cause some irreversible changes, such as: breast development (caused by taking oestrogen), breaking or deepening of the voice (caused by taking testosterone). Long-term cross-sex hormone treatment may cause temporary or even permanent infertility.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If health-care workers in the \u201cGender Health Clinic\u201d at Children\u2019s Wisconsin decide it\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenswi.org\/-\/media\/chwlibrary\/files\/medical-care\/endocrine\/what_to_expect-gender-clinic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appropriate<\/a>,\u201d they prescribe puberty blockers to children at their first visit, even if they\u2019ve never been evaluated by a mental health professional. And while the hospital says it doesn\u2019t pump kids full of wrong-sex hormones on the first visit, it \u201ccan work to quickly start hormones at a follow-up clinic visit, usually within a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the pediatric hospital states on its \u201cgender health history\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenswi.org\/-\/media\/chwlibrary\/files\/medical-care\/child-development-center\/gender-clinic-patient-history-intake-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">form<\/a>: \u201cWe offer gender-affirming Spiritual Support to all our patients.\u201d Andy Brodzeller, an external communication director for Children\u2019s, failed to explain what \u201cgender affirming Spiritual Support\u201d means despite being asked repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur chaplains are trained to support and engage families of various faith and personal backgrounds in a health care setting,\u201d Brodzeller said in response to a Federalist inquiry. \u201cThey only interact with patients if specifically requested by a family. Families are also always free to seek the services of their own personal faith leader. Regarding your question about parental involvement related to care for gender diverse kids, parents and guardians are essential to all care decisions. Clear, informed consent of all parents\/guardians is required before proceeding with all treatments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But with trans activist \u201cchaplains\u201d like Newendorp and Trimm stacking the pediatric hospital\u2019s spiritual support bench, and a promise from Children\u2019s to \u201coffer <em>gender-affirming<\/em> Spiritual Support <em>to all our patients<\/em>\u201d (emphasis mine), people in the Children\u2019s community are rightly concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have many parents and families at Children\u2019s who are deeply religious and hold traditional Judeo-Christian values. Will these new chaplains be able to serve the need of these families objectively?\u201d the former Children\u2019s employee added. \u201cHow will they properly support a grieving parent who is dealing with a child\u2019s traumatic injury? How will they properly counsel a child who may be alone in the hospital due to a single parent working to make ends meet and maintain insurance?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>How indeed.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Kylee Griswold is the editorial director of The Federalist. She previously worked as the copy editor for the Washington Examiner magazine and as an editor and producer at National Geographic. She holds a B.S. in Communication Arts\/Speech and an A.S. in Criminal Justice and writes on topics including feminism and gender issues, religion, and the media. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyleezempel\">@kyleezempel<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin\u2019s premier children\u2019s hospital has had its fair share of scandal, particularly with regard to religious liberty and leadership, but the bar just keeps getting lower: Children\u2019s Wisconsin is now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1753133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1753133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}