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Lawsuit accuses former Providence bishop, two priests of abusing altar boy
For the first time, a 56-year-old man has detailed in writing the abuse he allegedly suffered at the hands of three Rhode Island priests, including former Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence Louis Gelineau, while serving as an altar boy at a Barrington parish.
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