As Bishop Richard Moth prepares to move to the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (News from Britain and Ireland, 28 March), we have an opportunity to rethink the provisions the Church makes for the pastoral care of members of the armed forces and their families. While these needs must be met, there are plenty of reasons to be unhappy with the way the “ordinariate of the forces” is constituted. Is it appropriate that chaplains and senior figures should wear uniform, accept a military rank, a military salary, serve for an unlimited time in an ecclesiastical career option and that the ordinariate refrain from issuing the information about its structure and functioning which all other dioceses are expected to provide? These differentiating factors increase the likelihood that the or