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Article: Priests voice range of concerns in effort to organize in New York. (Nation).
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- October 25, 2002
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When more than 160 priests and former priests from the New York archdiocese, the Brooklyn diocese and the Rockville Centre diocese on Long Island met recently in midtown New York City, it was perhaps ironic that the meeting was held on the second floor of a private club, the Manhattan Club, and just above an Irish saloon where the burning issues of the day are discussed with great gusto.
The large meeting room, along with refreshments, was reserved and paid for by an anonymous lay club member.
A week before the meeting, priests and former priests were advised that only priests and former priests were invited so that neither women nor laymen would be ...