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EUGENE, Ore. – Tim Hershiser is the official bell ringer at St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church in Eugene where Daneil Mackay serves as a priest.
Police arrested Mackay on Wednesday on accusations involving a juvenile prostitute and cocaine.
“I’m sure everyone is praying for him right now,” Hershiser said.
He is skeptical of the charges.
“This is probably, you know, something that happens,” he said. “You know it happens periodically because we deal with, you, know homeless, and there’s prostitutes. That’s what the church is for: it’s to help the, you know, the down trodden, needy, all of that.”
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