Biography of the Rev. Mychal Judge announced (3854)

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Biography of the Rev. Mychal Judge announced
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          Apr 06, 2002
          
        
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 USA Today reports that BBC religion reporter Michael Ford is writing a biography of openly gay Fire Department of New York chaplain the Rev. Mychal Judge. Judge, 68, was killed in the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. Web site ZENtertainment.com says the book, Father Mychal Judge: An Authentic American Hero, should be in stores next fall.     

        
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