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Some Olympians Dissatisfied With Religious Center
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Others in the Olympic Village are striking out on their own.
Athletes from the Philippines have found a Catholic church outside the Olympic zone. Representatives from the Polish and Kenyan delegations had anticipated problems early on and flew in a priest and a pastor, respectively, from their home countries. The delegations are using day passes to get the clergy into the village a few times a week.
Protestant athletes on the U.S. track and field team have called in Madeline Mims, who has worked the four previous Olympics as an official chaplain. Mims said she hopes to get approval to go into the Olympic Village later this week.
Athletes and others said the U.S. Olympic Committee had complained about a month ago about the lack of foreign representation among the chaplains. But a spokesman for the committee, Darryl Seibel, said this week that it has "absolutely no concerns at all" about the issue.
As for McAdams, he said he and another athlete found a Mormon church outside the compound. He has attended and is extremely happy with the service.
"As Americans, we believe in having our free will to do as we please and express our views," McAdams said. "It has been a little awkward, but we are in a communist country and that is the way things are done."
Researchers Wu Meng and Crissie Ding contributed to this report.
