By Patrick O’Neill “I was hungry and you fed me” – Jesus “Feed the hungry and you will be arrested” – Raleigh police That’s actually what happened last weekend to several groups of regulars who feed the hungry and homeless at Moore Square. After telling Bill Burkey, a St. Mary Mother of the Church parishioner from Garner who supervises the fourth Saturday meal each month, to leave with his table full of food or face arrest, police officers followed him to a second location near Moore Square – again threatening arrest. Our regular Saturday afternoon group eventually was welcomed onto private property to distribute the food to...
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