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[McGreevey] was responding to condemnations from bishops in Trenton and Camden, and a strongly worded pastoral statement from the Newark archbishop declaring that Catholics supporting abortion rights are being "objectively dishonest" when they seek Communion. [Joseph Galante], who previous...

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Published inThe Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
Main Author JOHN CHADWICK and JOSH GOHLKE, STAFF WRITERS
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bergen County, N.J North Jersey Media Group Inc 09.05.2004
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Cuomo, Mario M
Galante, Joseph
Kerry, John F
McCarrick, Theodore E
Myers, John
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Summary:[McGreevey] was responding to condemnations from bishops in Trenton and Camden, and a strongly worded pastoral statement from the Newark archbishop declaring that Catholics supporting abortion rights are being "objectively dishonest" when they seek Communion. [Joseph Galante], who previously served in Texas, wasted no time in making his voice heard. At a press conference the day before his installation, he said he would deny Communion to McGreevey because the governor had remarried without seeking an annulment from the church. Galante had never met McGreevey. +++; 1 - THOMAS E. FRANKLIN COLOR PHOTO - Newark Archbishop [John J. Myers] has chided pro-choice Catholics.; 2 - ASSOCIATED PRESS COLOR PHOTO - Camden Bishop Joseph Galante has said he would deny Communion to Governor McGreevey, who remarried without a church annulment.