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The letter to the Vatican that Maricopa County (Arizona) Attorney Rick Romley Rick Romley (Richard M. Romley) (born 1949) was the Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S. County Attorney (Republican). Early life
Romley is a native of Tucson, Arizona. He was the youngest of three children in a middle class household and his parents divorced when he was young.
 had returned to him bore a disheartening dis·heart·en  
tr.v. dis·heart·ened, dis·heart·en·ing, dis·heart·ens
To shake or destroy the courage or resolution of; dispirit. See Synonyms at discourage.
 note on the still-sealed envelope:

"Sir, the item here enclosed is returned to sender because refused by the rightful addressee (communications) addressee - One to whom something is addressed. E.g. "The To, CC, and BCC headers list the addressees of the e-mail message". Normally an addressee will eventually be a recipient, unless there is a failure at some point (an e-mail "bounces") or the message is ."

Romley, whose district includes the Diocese of Phoenix, had sent the letter to Vatican officials asking them to order priests back to Arizona for prosecution in child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia.  cases.

The Arizona Republic reported in August that fugitive priests are known to be in Italy, Ireland, and Mexico.
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Title Annotation:fugitive priests; signs of the times
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Oct 1, 2003
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