OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A change in state prison policy allows inmates to profess to belong to more than one religion.

The change that took effect last month is a result of a lawsuit from an inmate who said the state had prohibited him from worshipping as both a Native American and Seventh-day Adventist.

Multiple religions may be OK with the Department of Corrections but it's not with Catholic chaplain Tom Suss.

He took a leave from his job at McNeil Island Corrections Center because he says the policy conflicts with his faith. He says he couldn't minister to an inmate who claims to be a Catholic and a pagan at the same time.

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