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Sunlei

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12. Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron wants to follow the letter of the churches "law"??

Reply to SpartanDem (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2013, 10:03 AM

May 2013

Then why aren't they doing criminal background checks on every church goer to make sure they aren't handing out communion wafers to all the other supposed sinners?

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Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron wants to follow the letter of the churches "law"?? Sunlei May 2013 #12

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