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Priest's crack offence

Monday 20 January 1997 00:02 GMT
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An Episcopal priest in the United States was arrested as he smoked a crack pipe while typing his sermon, and was charged with dealing drugs from his church, police said.

Only three weeks earlier, the Rev Chester LaRue had been hailed as a hero for fighting off two bandits. "Holy goodness," said a parishioner, Bill Graves. "I didn't even think he smoked cigarettes." AP - New York

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