Egan: Father Joe — Atonement, then forgiveness

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Father Joe LeClair was somehow both a fabulous priest and a reckless human being, the physician who could not heal thyself. Mass by day, counselling by evening, scotch by night, gambling by the wee hours — the narrative sketched out in court Tuesday was difficult to reconcile: that of a man who should either be canonized for endless good works or jailed for being a con in a collar.

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