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Death of 9 nuns highlights toll of coronavirus in convents

by Mary Esch
| January 8, 2021 10:07 PM

LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — Through the month of December, mixed in with joyful Christmas messages, death announcements filled the Facebook page of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet as a coronavirus outbreak took its toll in a residence for retired and infirm nuns.

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