Content Preview
Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here
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...
Newsday & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to Newsday 7-day and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.
