He Was A Iraqi War Interrogator And A Hard-Core Protestant, Now He Is A Catholic And Wants To Be A Jesuit

Joshua Casteel has a loose association with the Jesuits and earlier gave thought to joining, but he would have to get three years past his acceptance into the church, which was Easter 2006, to be seriously considered. In a recent e-mail from England, he wrote regarding the Jesuits that

"I’m lowering my gaze for a time, focusing on ‘normal life’ things.”

In the meantime, borders continue to fail to hold him. “Churches are really interested in the fact that I’m a soldier and Christian until they hear I was a conscientious objector,” he said.

Link (here) to the full and quite interesting article in the "Hold Your Nose" National Catholic Reporter.