Dr. Joseph J. Plaud Invested as a Knight of Malta

Naples, FL, January 04, 2024 –Dr. Joseph J. Plaud, Ok.H.S., Ok.M., a medical and forensic psychologist and the Executive Director of Applied Behavioral Consultants, LLC with places of work in Naples, Florida, and Director of Web Services for the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, Rhode Island, was invested by His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York, as a Knight within the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Order of Malta) American Association of the United States of America.

The Investiture Ceremony was held on November 10, 2023 at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The Order of Malta is a Roman Catholic lay non secular order, historically of a navy, chivalric, and noble nature. The Order of Malta is a sovereign entity underneath worldwide regulation and its historical past as an ecclesiastical order dates again nearly a millennium.

Previously on November 6, 2021, Sir Joseph was invested by His Eminence Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston, as a Knight within the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem on the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally relationship again to 1099, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre is an ecclesiastical affiliation with a authorized Roman Catholic canonical and public persona, constituted by the Holy See underneath Canon Law 312, paragraph 1:1.

Sir Joseph can also be a medical and forensic psychologist who holds a doctorate in medical psychology. Over the previous few many years he has revealed and lectured broadly in psychology, and Sir Joseph’s opinion is incessantly sought in forensic instances in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Sir Joseph was honorably discharged from the United States Naval Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander within the Medical Service Corps. In addition to his doctoral diploma in medical psychology Sir Joseph has additionally acquired a grasp of arts in theology diploma and he’s presently finishing his second doctoral diploma in theology. Sir Joseph additionally created and administers the web site and on-line providers for the Roman Catholic Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence, Rhode Island.