Long before he served at St. Kevin’s Church, Father Jeffry Dillon served the public in a different way — as a New York City police officer. It was back in the 1970s and he patrolled the streets of the Upper West Side as a police officer.
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Long before he served at St. Kevin’s Church, Father Jeffry Dillon served the public in a different way — as a New York City police officer. It was back in the 1970s and he patrolled the streets of the Upper West Side as a police officer.
It is appropriate to tell Father Bryan Carney, “Thank you for your service,” because he spent 23 years in the U.S. Air Force, but he still wears a military uniform, and with great pride.