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c. 1996 Religion News Service (Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister who has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.) (UNDATED) A recent incident in my prison congregation underscores the s...