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The Elope nun and her rich lover
The article recounts Sister Mary Leonica of a Franciscan order eloping with Roland D Moore, a Lancaster heir, after planning at St Josephs Hospital. They traveled to Camden then Philadelphia to wed by Justice Philip Schmitz, witnessed by a friend circle, prompting consternation among nuns and Catholics. Moore, age 38, is wealthy. the nun is 29.
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Lancaster
Mary
Leoniva
Roland D. Moore
Philadelphia
Camden
Sister Leonica
Shamokin
Mary Leonica
PD. Mere
Nee Moone
Theo Fimous
M. M. Moore
Lenaster
de Moore
St. Joseph's
Mary Leontea
Moore
Yuns
Maryeon
Hospital Grands
Yperior
Jock
Pennsylvania
West Jersey
R. D. Moore
Jady
John Erwin
Justice of the Peace
Philip Schmitz
Ita Dugan
New Jersey
Justic
Baltimore
Hospital of
Lucy