Tribute to Murdered Chatham Priest on Monday

By Peggy Wright
The Record
April 20, 2012

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20120420/NJNEWS/304200023/Tribute-to-murdered-Chatham-priest-on-Monday

A special tribute to the Rev. Edward Hinds, who was stabbed to death in 2009 in the rectory of St. Patrick’s Church, will be paid Monday at an observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office is hosting a crime victims’ recognition and remembrance ceremony Monday at 6 p.m. at the church at 85 Washington Ave., Chatham, with particular focus this year on Hinds.

“We felt it appropriate to remember Father Hinds in the place that he knew and loved so well. The parish community of St. Patrick’s Church as well as the people of Chatham and Chatham Township were his family and friends,” stated an announcement of the event.

Jose Ramon Feliciano, the ex-parish janitor convicted in December of murdering the priest, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus five years.

“National Crime Victims’ Rights Week is a time when we pay tribute to victims of crimes and their families, and the countless number of professionals and volunteers who dedicate their lives to helping victims,” the announcement said.