Arlington Diocese Mobilizes For Life

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Arlington Diocese Mobilizes For Life

By W. H. MARSHNER

THE WANDERER
(Special to The Wanderer)
January 23, 1975

ARLINGTON, Va. – Mobilized through the vigorous and effective leadership of their Bishop, Most Reverend Thomas J. Welsh, the Catholic people of the Diocese of Arlington are preparing a comprehensive and continuing program on behalf of the innocent unborn who are the victims of the abortion plague sweeping the Country.

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Virginia Bishop Cracks Down On Disobedient Priest

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Virginia Bishop Cracks Down
On Disobedient Priest

W. H. MARSHNER

THE WANDERER
(Special to the Wanderer)
November 9, 1972

WASHINGTON — Bishop John J. Russell of Richmond has removed Fr. Robert J. Walsh, pastor of St. Mark’s Church, Vienna, Va., for employing the unauthorized Communion-in-the- hand method of distributing the Blessed Sacrament and for repeatedly ignoring orders to desist. Demoted and transferred, Fr. Walsh is to become an assistant in Portsmouth, Va., while the pastorate at St. Mark’s goes to Fr. Robert C. Brooks.

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