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Probation terms are too demanding<\/a><\/p>\n

Bishop Thomas J. O’Brien wants his travel time deducted from the 1,000 hours of community service he was ordered to serve for a felony hit-and-run conviction.<\/p>\n

The bishop’s attorneys also say the 40 hours a month O’Brien is required to minister to the sick and dying could be too difficult for him at times because of out-of-town commitments. They have asked a judge to allow some flexibility in the number of hours the bishop must serve each month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Probation terms are too demanding Bishop Thomas J. O’Brien wants his travel time deducted from the 1,000 hours of community service he was ordered to serve for a felony hit-and-run conviction. The bishop’s attorneys also say the 40 hours a month O’Brien is required to minister to the sick and dying could be too difficult…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nO'Brien asks for a break - Via Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/obrien_asks_for_a_break.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"O'Brien asks for a break - Via Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Probation terms are too demanding Bishop Thomas J. 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