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Apparent slaying of priest stuns community
Monsignor Thomas Wells, 56, was found dead Thursday in his second floor residence above Mother Seton Church in Germantown Maryland. Police say autopsy to confirm cause and note possible forced entry as investigators treat the case as homicide. Parishioners express shock and Cardinal Hickey calls for an end to senseless violence. Wells served 29 years as a priest, nine as monsignor, in Prince George and Montgomery counties.
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Germantown
Thomas Wells
Mother Seton Catholic Church
Washington
William C. O’toole
Montgomery County
Wells
O’toole
Kacy Furey
James Hickey
Washington, D.C
Chevy Chase
Prince Georges
Montgomery Counties
William Lori