Sundays the Rev. Eustachio Paolicelli preaches in Brooklyn. Weekdays he cleans Brooklyn's streets. Last week Preacher-Street Cleaner Paolicelli celebrated his 38th birthday in notable fashion: at Jamaica, L. I., he was consecrated a bishop in "The Church of God of A. J. Tomlinson." Features of the seven-hour ceremony were vocal selections from the Sanitation Department's glee club (in which Bishop Paolicelli sings bass), an inspirational address by Deputy Sanitation Commissioner Matthew J. Diserio.
Next day the new bishop was back in his gutter.
Under lithe, fiery Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson of Cleveland, Tenn., the...
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