PORT SULPHUR, Louisiana (Reuters) - Rev. Gerry Stapleton is not your average priest: he smokes, thinking nothing of lighting up inside his church, and peppers his brogue with a colorful vocabulary normally associated with a sailor.
The Roman Catholic priest's weekly sermons could be filled with tirades against BP, but they're not, as one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history puts many of his parishioners out of work.
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