Definition of altar boy
: a boy who assists the celebrant in a liturgical service
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Ed Maher, who met Kelly as an altar boy at Drexel Hill’s St. Charles parish and remained a friend throughout his life, recalled that the cleric also loved golf.
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Then in August 2015, former Agat altar boy Walter Denton wrote in a letter to Vatican officials that he had been raped by Apuron as a child.
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At that time the former altar boy sued the Archdiocese.
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Geoghan nonetheless was transferred to another parish, where he was permitted to lead altar boys.
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Others in the Wave-4-Life club served as pallbearers, altar boys, vocalists and Scripture readers.
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The boy kept his distance from Kamiaz after the incident but continued to serve as an altar boy.
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Joseph Kennedy is a particularly cold father to his small son Bobby, the altar boy.
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Perpetrators included 48 priests and one lay coordinator of altar boys.
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First Known Use of altar boy
1772
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: a boy who helps the priest during a Catholic service
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