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March 29, 2019
https://www.woodtv.com/news/national/doctor-florida-man-believed-he-was-half-man-half-dog-/1885878348
Doctor: Guess-which-state man believed he was 'half-man, half-dog'
A forensic psychologist says a former college student believed he was "half-dog, half-man" when he fatally attacked a man and woman at their home and was found biting one of their faces.
The Palm Beach Post reports Dr. Phillip Resnick made the conclusion in a 38-page mental-health report released this week by the Martin County State Attorney's Office.
Investigators say they found Austin Harrouff, now 22, biting John Stevens' face while making growling noises on Aug. 15, 2016.
Resnick's report says the fact that Harrouff persisted in biting Stevens "in the presence of police officers, in spite of threats of being shot, being tased and receiving multiple kicks to the head, suggests that Mr. Harrouff was actively psychotic."
https://www.woodtv.com/news/national/doctor-florida-man-believed-he-was-half-man-half-dog-/1885878348
March 11, 2019
https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2019/03/08/new-production-tells-story-father-tolton-slave-who-became-priest?fbclid=IwAR13YQvMOCeTg7v8l2af2h-yN3ulqRUMOh1Dyhidr1GX6WhCdrskE-K9dJo
A new production tells the story of Father Tolton, the slave who became a priest
Two years ago, the actor Jim Coleman had never heard of the Rev. Augustus Tolton, who is believed to be the first African-American Catholic ordained a priest. Now he portrays him in a production, Tolton: From Slave to Priest, which is currently touring the United States.
Based on the book From Slave to Priest: The Inspirational Story of Father Augustine Tolton, by Caroline Hemesath, S.S.F., the play is an account of Father Toltons remarkable life. After escaping from slavery with his mother and siblings, the young Tolton was raised in Illinois in the Catholic faith. Rejected by U.S. seminaries because he was black, Father Tolton repaired to Rome, where he studied for the priesthood. After his ordination in 1864, he wants to go to Africa where he wants to be a missionary, but hes sent back to the enlightened country of America, said Leonardo Defilippis, the founder of Saint Luke Productions, which produced the play. Father Tolton returned to the United States, where eventually he started St. Monica Parish on Chicagos South Side, ministering to African-American and white parishioners.
Mr. Defilippis first learned about Father Tolton while visiting the Diocese of Springfield, Ill. A pastor gave me a book on [Tolton] and said, Could you do a show? Thats what we do at Saint Luke Productions. Weve done that for 38 years.
Mr. Defilippis started Saint Luke Productions in 1980 to stage a production about the Gospel of Luke. Since then, he and his wife, Patti Defilippis, have staged scores of other plays. Saint Luke worked on Tolton for two years before it opened at Chicagos DuSable Museum of African American History in November 2017.
https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2019/03/08/new-production-tells-story-father-tolton-slave-who-became-priest?fbclid=IwAR13YQvMOCeTg7v8l2af2h-yN3ulqRUMOh1Dyhidr1GX6WhCdrskE-K9dJo
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