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Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen Priest Named In Abuse List Shot Dead In Nevada Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen Priest Named In Abuse List Shot Dead In Nevada
Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen Priest Named In Abuse List Shot Dead In Nevada Authorities in Nevada were searching for the killer of an accused sex-abusing priest who once served at a parish in North Bergen and as a chaplain at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Police said they found the body of 70-year-old John Capparelli during a pre-dawn welfare check Saturday at his home in the city of Henderson, just outside Las Vegas. He'd been shot once in the neck, they said. Capparelli's name was included on a list that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark (RCAN) released last month of 200 or so New Jersey priests "credibly accused of sexual abuse." SEE: Dozens Of…

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Bergen County Church Won't Let Neighboring Seniors Use Handicapped Spots Bergen County Church Won't Let Neighboring Seniors Use Handicapped Spots
Bergen County Church Won't Let Neighboring Seniors Use Handicapped Spots A Franklin Avenue senior housing complex in Northvale has 29 units for veterans with special needs and only two handicapped parking spots. Saint Anthony's parish next door, however, has four handicapped spots. And church officials won't let the the Franklin Street Villa seniors use them, NorthJersey.com reports. Parking tickets have been issued. Cars have been towed. A letter to the Newark Diocese opining lack of "Christian charity" has been written, the article says. While the seniors feel the church has no right to ban them New Jersey State Police Lt. Theodore Schafer says &qu…

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by Cecilia Levine