Monks continue message of forgiveness five years after shooting

Monday, June 11, 2007

CONCEPTION, Mo. -- The doors at Conception Abbey are still unlocked and open, and forgiveness continued to be the reigning theme Sunday as the members of the rural monastery quietly remembered a day of horror five years ago.

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