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Msgr. James Kissane, dynamic Catholic priest, dead at 44

When Msgr. James Kissane waded into the cafeteria at the school at St. John of God parish in Central Islip, the excited children would start to chant, "Father Jim! Father Jim!," recalled a former longtime parish trustee, Tom Walsh.

So it was a shock to the students, the parish and many in the Diocese of Rockville Centre when the dynamic priest, just 44 years old, was diagnosed with cancer...

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