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Closing arguments in the Toledo murder trial today, with the prosecution backing off from the Satanic connection:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The murder of a nun 26 years ago was sparked by a priest’s career disappointment, not devotion to Satan, a prosecutor asserted in closing arguments at the clergyman’s trial Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor told jurors that the Rev. Gerald Robinson lashed out at the victim, a strong-willed, outspoken woman whose religious order ran the hospital where he worked, because he was deeply frustrated at being passed over for a position as a military chaplain and loathed his work giving last rites and comforting the sick.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Closing arguments in the Toledo murder trial today, with the prosecution backing off from the Satanic connection: The murder of a nun 26 years ago was sparked by a priest’s career disappointment, not devotion to Satan, a prosecutor asserted in closing arguments at the clergyman’s trial Wednesday. The prosecutor told jurors that the Rev. 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