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Bishop confronted over clearing priest of abuse charge

As Bishop William Murphy emerged from St. Agnes Cathedral to greet parishioners Sunday morning, Richard Tollner made his move. He slalomed past a Rockville Centre police officer watching him closely and approached the man against whom he'd been protesting in the cold for nearly three hours.

"I'd like to know how Alan Placa was cleared," said Tollner, 50, who claims Placa sexually molested...

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