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no_hypocrisy

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1. He reminds me of Fr. Damien of Hawaii whose congregation was the infamous Leper Colony.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Sat Aug 22, 2020, 08:15 AM

Aug 2020

He used to open his church services with "My dear children" until he contracted leprosy. Then one day he opened with "My dear Brothers . . . . " and he rejoiced as he was now literally one of them.

I heard this story on Jack Paar.

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