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hrmjustin

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Fri May 2, 2014, 01:20 PM May 2014

Los Angeles Deacon Ordained In Laundromat As Part Of Street-Based Ministry

Antonia Blumberg

On April 28, Los Angeles-based deacon Scott Claassen received his Episcopal ordination in the least likely place: A laundromat.

"Most of the ordinations I've been to have been in large cathedrals," Claassen told The Huffington Post. But his own was very different.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/02/deacon-ordained-in-laundromat_n_5248371.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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