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Battling against embryonic stem cell research<\/a><\/p>\n

In the tradition of Gregor Mendel, the Austrian priest who fathered genetics, Pacholczyk, 39, comfortably shelves science and religious faith side by side in his psychic library. By day, Pacholczyk, who has a doctorate in neuroscience from Yale, serves as the parochial vicar at St. Patrick’s Church in Falmouth. But he also moonlights as an itinerant apostle for the Catholic Church’s opposition to embryonic stem cell research and cloning. His talk in Weston last month before Legatus, a Catholic business group, followed another appearance in Williamstown. He has testified before state lawmakers here and in Wisconsin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Battling against embryonic stem cell research In the tradition of Gregor Mendel, the Austrian priest who fathered genetics, Pacholczyk, 39, comfortably shelves science and religious faith side by side in his psychic library. 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