Altared States
Nicole Mancini, 29, and her boyfriend, John Thurber, 35, had an unusual request for Saint Mary’s Catholic church in Rochester, N.H. Mancini, wearing her pyjamas, asked church employees if they could sacrifice one of her three children, aged 1, 7 and 9, on the altar. They said no. “We could tell this woman was not right,” said the church’s secretary, who called police. (Boston Globe, AP) ...Right. Serious parishioners already know which kid they want to sacrifice.
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