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510:, leaving the scene of an accident, and refusing a chemical sobriety test. At 10:30 pm, McManus had been involved in a crash with another vehicle, then fled the scene. The other driver followed him and called the police. They arrested McManus 20 minutes later at his family home in Narragansett. McManus, a Rhode Island native, shares a family home with his siblings in Narragansett. He later stated:
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Worcester for renting out "sacred space" to the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy for workshops. He said that the Alliance taught subjects that violated the teachings of the Catholic Church. On October 10, 2007, McManus stated that the college might lose its designation as a Catholic
631:"We believe that this family was unfairly discriminated against by the diocese when it refused to sell them property based on their sexual orientation.... And no reasonable person would think that a wedding that took place on a property no longer owned by a church was endorsed by that church."
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flags from their flagpole, saying that they raised confusion about church teachings. McManus threatened to remove the school's designation as a
Catholic school if it did not comply. The Nativity School administration refused to remove the flags.
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