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TEXAS EVANGELIST LEAVES ITALY

ROME -- THE REV. CLINE R. PADEN OF BROWNFIELD,

TEX., HEAD OF THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN ITALY, AND

HIS FAMILY WAVE GOOD-BYE ON LEAVING HERE FOR THE

UNITED STATES AFTER THE ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

REFUSED TO EXTEND HIS PERMIT TO REMAIN IN THIS

COUNTRY. WITH HIM ARE HIS WIFE, JO (BARELY

VISIBLE), TIMOTHY, 6, AND TERRY, 3. MR. PADEN

CAME TO ITALY SEVEN YEARS AGO AS LEADER OF A GROUP

OF AMERICAN EVANGELISTS. HIS STAY WAS MARKED BY

STORMY SESSIONS WITH THE ITALIAN POLICE AND OTHER

OFFICIALS. THE AMERICAN CLERGYMAN SAID HE WOULD

VISIT CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN THE U.S. TO SPEAK ON

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN ITALY.

CREDIT MUST READ:

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-IOD-55-NAB-PSB)