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  • Priest who ministered to McVeigh speaks of God's transforming grace

    08/26/2006 4:47:43 PM PDT · by COBOL2Java · 69 replies · 1,131+ views
    Catholic News Service ^ | 15 August 2006 | Priscilla Greear
    ATLANTA (CNS) -- When he ministered to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Divine Word Father Charles Smith found that his faith, instilled in him by loving parents despite the childhood pain of discrimination, enabled him to be Christ's representative even as the inmate verbally assaulted him. "When I first came in (to see him) I thought 'God is the owner of my life,' and I went to him and he threw his feces on me and called me all types of names and said, 'You can't be a priest because I've never seen a you-know-what as a priest,'" Father Smith...