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markpkessinger

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1. Very odd that the article referred to "St. Patrick's Church" . . .

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2014, 10:26 PM

Aug 2014

I've lived in NYC for over 32 years, and I have never heard anybody refer to it as anything but "Saint Patrick's Cathedral. I don't see a byline, but i seriously doubt the writer is from New York. Probably some midwestern protestant that doesn't understand the difference between a parish church and cathedral.

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Very odd that the article referred to "St. Patrick's Church" . . . markpkessinger Aug 2014 #1

This Midwestern Protestant does. Brigid Aug 2014 #3

Sorry. Hoppy Aug 2014 #4

I'm an Episcopalian . . . markpkessinger Aug 2014 #6

That bothered the shit out of me, too...raised Catholic in NYC alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #8

This seems to have been an instance in which the police were acting appropriately. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #2

Agreed, Jack. Feral Child Aug 2014 #7

Was this the wrap? geomon666 Aug 2014 #5