<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419917" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Murder in Chatham</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">St. Patrick’s Church was sparsely filled<br>For Friday morning mass<br>The seniors getting restless-<br> the clock read a quarter past.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It wasn’t like the pastor<br>to leave them waiting there.<br>Father Hinds was not the kind<br>to miss the call to prayer.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The usher and the janitor<br>Together went next door<br>They both recoiled in horror<br>at the blood upon the Floor.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The police came with the coroner<br>To the Parrish rectory door<br>And saw Jose the Janitor<br>Try CPR once more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Chatham is a quiet town<br>A place when families thrive<br>And father was the Sheppard<br>to guide them through their lives.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>It didn’t take police much time<br>to find who did the deed<br>as Jose’s cell phone records<br>had placed him at the scene.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The murder knife recovered<br>The crime confessed at last<br>The priest had caught him in a lie<br>about crimes in his past.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The people came together<br>And filled St. Patrick’s seats<br>To send the Father to his rest<br>And give their hearts some peace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A narrative poem about the murder of Father Ed Hinds, Pastor of St. Patrick's church in Chatham on Thursday 10/21/2009</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419917" data-title="A Murder in Chatham de John F. McCullagh" data-description="St. Patrick’s Church was sparsely filled For Friday morning mass The seniors getting restless- the clock read a quarter past. It wasn’t like the pastor to leave them waiting there. Father Hinds was not the kind to miss the call to prayer. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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