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Wissam Akiki, who is married, left, serves his daughter, Perla, communion after being ordained during a ceremony at St. Raymond’s Maronite Cathedral Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in St. Louis. Akiki is the first married priest to be ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Erin Stubblefield)

Married dad becomes Maronite Catholic priest in US

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

Wissam Akiki, who is married, serves his daughter, Perla, communion after being ordained to the priesthood during a ceremony at St. Raymond’s Maronite Cathedral Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in St. Louis. Akiki is the first married priest to be ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Erin Stubblefield)

Married man becomes Maronite Catholic priest in US

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press