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  • Who abandoned 'Cecilia'?

    08/20/2005 7:53:30 PM PDT · by Coleus · 4 replies · 401+ views
    North Jersey Newspapers ^ | 04.16.05 | Mike Kelly
    Who abandoned 'Cecilia'? Saturday, April 16, 2005 The white cloth in the dirt caught the priest's eye.A spring sun was shining. His schedule was open, so the Rev. Michael Ward stepped from his rectory and headed across the courtyard to the winter-scarred garden by the side door of St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church in Kearny.It was only a few days before Easter Sunday, and Ward, the pastor of St. Cecilia's, wanted the new plantings arranged just right. Tulips here. Daffodils there.But what was this white cloth in the dirt?Ward bent over, reached out a hand, and pulled. "Then I saw...