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LI's new Episcopal bishop faces strong challenges
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Rev. Lawrence Provenzano is taking over as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. (Oct. 18, 2009)
As head of the Massachusetts Corps of Fire Chaplains, the Rev. Lawrence Provenzano spent five weeks at Ground Zero saying last rites over remains brought to a makeshift morgue.
Compared to that traumatic experience, he says, taking over as bishop of the embattled Episcopal Diocese of Long Island - where his predecessor stepped aside amid a battle with alcoholism and complaints about mismanagement...
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