Church janitor charged in slaying of NJ priest
(AP) - A janitor has been charged with murderin the slaying of a priest whose body was found in the rectory of hisnorthern New Jersey church. Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi saidSaturday that
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Oct 25, 2009, 3:11 AM
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(AP) - A janitor has been charged with murderin the slaying of a priest whose body was found in the rectory of hisnorthern New Jersey church.
Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi saidSaturday that 64-year-old Jose Feliciano stabbed the Rev. Ed Hinds32 times on Thursday after the pair argued.
The 61-year-old Hinds was in his clerical robes when he waskilled while brewing a cup of coffee in the rectory kitchen of St.Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Chatham.
His body was found Friday morning after he failed to appear forMass.
The slaying rocked the New York City bedroom community of about10,000 residents, where Hinds was familiar face and much-belovedpresence. It was the first violent death in Chatham since a 1990manslaughter case.
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