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Once-imprisoned pastor seeks to lead again

AP
Posted: September 10, 2009.
Published: September 10, 2009.

Print: MSNBC

A preacher who went to prison for stealing millions of dollars from the National Baptist Convention U.S.A will learn Thursday whether members think he deserves a chance to once again lead the denomination.
An unsuccessful last-minute effort by the Rev. Henry J. Lyons to get a court to derail the election underscores the long-shot nature of his bid to regain the presidency of the nation’s largest and oldest predominantly black denomination.

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How many people can’t get jobs because of petty (compared to this man’s) crimes committed at a young immature age, and this guy has the gall to try to regain the very position that enabled him to commit this felony?  Ponderous

posted on September 11, 2009
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