CHATHAM, NEW JERSEY --- A funeral was held over the weekend for a murdered New Jersey priest.
Over one-thousand people packed St. Patrick's Church in Chatham on Saturday to say their final goodbyes to the church's pastor, Father Edward Hinds. The 61-year-old priest was stabbed to death allegedly by church janitor Jose Feliciano in St. Patrick's rectory on October 23rd.
Hinds' longtime friend and spiritual advisor, retired Monsignor Kenneth Lasch gave the eulogy, while Bishop Arthur Serratelli of the Diocese of Paterson led the funeral mass.
Feliciano is being held on one-million-dollars bail.

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