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Nuns Support Louis DeNaples

Nuns Support Louis DeNaples - Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 4:57PM EST

Reported by: Laurie Monteforte
Thursday, Feb 7, 2008 @04:57pm EST
PARADISE TOWNSHIP - On one side of Woodland Road you see the Mount Airy Casino Resort. On the other side you see a spiritual retreat, The Villa of Our Lady Retreat Center.

Some thought the nuns who ran the retreat would fight their new neighbor. Instead the sisters embraced casino owner Louis DeNaples and his family.

When she first heard about DeNaples plans to build a casino across the street Sister Mary Bonaventa invited him over for dinner. He came with his wife, one of his daughters and his friend, Father Joseph Sica. "The family is most cordial, very kind," said Bonaventa.

She was so impressed with the DeNaples family that she testified on their behalf at a gaming licensing hearing in April of 2006. Louis DeNaples was equally impressed with the retreat house. He chose it as one of four charities to benefit from the first two nights of gamin at Mount Airy.

The Sisters used the $25,000 donation as partial payment on a new furnace. "You just don't get a donation like that on a daily basis," said Bonaventa.

DeNaples and Sica held a special mass in the chapel at the house before Mount Airy opened. Sister Bonaventa prayed with them. Now that both men are accused of lying about ties to organized crime, she prays for them.

She prays DeNaples finds strength. She said, "I feel sorry for him because he's doing so much good for the area."

She prays Father Sica keeps his faith. She added, "I feel that they're picking on the church when they pick on Father Sica, and it's uncalled for."
 


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