Illinois minister chosen to offer benediction

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: January 6, 1999| Author: Ernest Tucker | Copyright information

Douglas A. Booth didn't plan to return to Washington wearing a black clerical collar.

But this morning, the Rev. Booth - who resigned in November after more than five years as Rep. J. Dennis Hastert's press secretary - is to give a benediction for the 106th Congress.

He knows it's a long way from the 250-member Sharon United Methodist Church in southwest suburban Plainfield to the stately Lutheran Church of the Reformation next to the U.S. Supreme Court building. "It's a l...

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