{"id":4536,"date":"2011-11-01T10:25:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T17:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=4536"},"modified":"2014-06-11T13:42:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T20:42:45","slug":"br-paul-richards-leaves-saint-johns-abbey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/br-paul-richards-leaves-saint-johns-abbey\/","title":{"rendered":"Br. Paul Richards Removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/RichardsPaul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-968 alignleft\" title=\"Richards,Paul\" src=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/RichardsPaul-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/RichardsPaul-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/RichardsPaul-770x1024.jpg 770w, http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/RichardsPaul.jpg 1145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>Abbot John Klassen\u00a0has removed Br. Paul Richards\u00a0as director of formation at Saint John&#8217;s Abbey.<\/p>\n<p>The removal may have occurred on October 8, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>According to the abbey&#8217;s web site, Br. Richards no longer serves as spokesperson for the Benedictine abbey. Richards appears to have been replaced by Brother Paul-Vincent Niebauer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->According to a family member of one of the monks at Saint John&#8217;s Abbey, Br. Paul Richards is &#8220;on sabbatical&#8221; following at least one report of misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>On June 24, 2011, Br. Paul Richard&#8217;s was interviewed by the Kansas City Star&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=4238\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fron 1982 until 2007, Br. Paul Richards founded and directed the Saint John&#8217;s Boys&#8217; Choir.<\/p>\n<p>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=4213\">St. John&#8217;s Boy&#8217;s Choir Hosted by Conception Abbey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbot John Klassen\u00a0has removed Br. Paul Richards\u00a0as director of formation at Saint John&#8217;s Abbey. The removal may have occurred on October 8, 2011. According to the abbey&#8217;s web site, Br. Richards no longer serves as spokesperson for the Benedictine abbey. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/br-paul-richards-leaves-saint-johns-abbey\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,185,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john-klassen","category-paul-richards","category-paul-vincent-niebauer","wp-image-borders"],"views":3852,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4536"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8685,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4536\/revisions\/8685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}