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Article: Mourners Seek Meaning In Priest's AIDS Death; 7 Bishops, 100 Priests Attend Rites in D.C.
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- The Washington Post
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- April 14, 1987
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The death of the first Roman Catholic priest in the nation's
capital known to have died of complications from AIDS was marked
yesterday by solemn rites that featured seven bishops, more than a
hundred of his fellow priests and the eternal question of why good
men die young.
"Our faith leads us to say `Thy will be done,' " said Washington
Auxiliary Bishop Thomas W. Lyon at the funeral for the Rev. Michael
Peterson, 44, who died Thursday. Yet, the bishop continued, "there
are so many things we do not understand, so many times when we
question why."
Peterson, who was a priest and a psychiatrist specializing in the
treatment of alcohol and drug addicted priests and nuns, notified his
fellow ...