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Cleric asked Rep. Kennedy to forego communion

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Nov. 23, 2009
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. | The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island said Sunday that he asked Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman's public stance on moral issues. Bishop Thomas Tobin divulged details...
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