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Confronting fear, faith and hope: Nigerian missionaries grapple with tough Baltimore realities

July 9, 1998
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

As the priest sits in his solitary rectory office at St. Peter Claver in West Baltimore, a driving spring rain beats against the iron-barred windows. The storm pelts scattered debris on the streets and sidewalks of the troubled neighborhood – flushing foam cups and bits of broken concrete into the gutter along Fremont Avenue. Not so easily washed aside, however, are the young drug dealers

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