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Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin speaks to a reporter in Riverside, R.I., on Sunday. Tobin says he asked U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman's public stance on moral issues.
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