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As 2014 Began, a Fateful Path to a Catholic Priest’s Murder

Last Rites

The devout grieve in Eureka, California, where a beloved parish pastor was found dead on New Year’s Day. Just hours earlier, the suspect had walked out of a police station.

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While some folks in the upstate California town of Eureka slept off the excesses of New Year’s Eve, the more devout parishioners of St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church waited in the pews to start 2014 with the 9 a.m.

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