{"id":5111,"date":"2006-03-15T08:59:17","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T13:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2006\/03\/15\/cell-ibate-priest\/"},"modified":"2006-03-15T08:59:17","modified_gmt":"2006-03-15T13:59:17","slug":"cell-ibate-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2006\/03\/cell-ibate-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell-ibate Priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"blog\">A <a href=\"http:\/\/seektheway.blogspot.com\">reader<\/a> sent me the following story:<\/p>\n<p class=\"bi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.a.cnn.net\/cnn\/2006\/LAW\/03\/13\/paroled.priest.ap\/vert.tramel2.ap.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"242\" align=\"left\">BERKELEY, California (AP) &#8212; Trading in his state-issued blue denim for a black robe and white collar, the Rev. James Tramel left prison and arrived at the small Episcopal church where he&#8217;ll now serve as assistant pastor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bi\">&quot;I am overwhelmed and deeply grateful to be home,&quot; Tramel said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bi\">Tramel, 38, was convicted of second-degree murder in 1986 for his role in the stabbing death of a homeless man and was paroled Sunday. He was driven directly to the church after meeting with parole officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bi\">A trim man with glasses and short hair, Tramel spoke quietly and nervously, and seemed to be holding back tears as he clutched a weathered Bible. When he entered a small dining hall for breakfast, many congregants yelled, clapped and shouted their greetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bi\">&quot;I really want to get in and see everyone that&#8217;s been supportive of me,&quot; he said with his arm wrapped around his fiancee, the Rev. Stephanie Green, also an Episcopal priest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bi\">Tramel is believed to be the only Episcopal priest ordained while in prison. He earned a master&#8217;s degree in theological studies from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley in 1998.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/LAW\/03\/13\/paroled.priest.ap\/index.html?section=cnn_latest\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/article.png\" width=\"76\" height=\"26\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader sent me the following story: BERKELEY, California (AP) &#8212; Trading in his state-issued blue denim for a black robe and white collar, the Rev. James Tramel left prison&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}