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Msgr. Kirk, Vatican Diplomat To Romania, Dies At 92
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published February 4, 2004Raised in a Methodist Church in Athens, Msgr. John Columbus Kirk went on to become a Catholic priest and then a member of the Vatican’s Diplomatic Corps in Bucharest, Romania, during its harsh, post-war communist takeover until being expelled from that country on false charges of espionage. Msgr. Kirk died on Jan. 12 at the […] Full Story