George Clements
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Holy Angels; adopted children as priest
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Holy Angels; adopted children as priest
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- Role(s): priest
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- https://www.ncronline.org/news/george-clements-chicago-priest-known-adopting-sons-dies-87 (verification source · master store)
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Fr. George Clements became the first Black pastor of Holy Angels Catholic Church in Chicago's Bronzeville in 1969; in 1980 he adopted his first son (eventually four), the first Catholic priest to adopt a child; he died November 25, 2019, at age 87 (National Catholic Reporter, tier 3).
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