THE PRIEST WHO HEALED ORPHANS WITH POETRY
Spencer Reece had gone to Honduras to learn Spanish after a crisis at work.
Reece, an acclaimed poet who later became an Episcopal priest, had been working as a chaplain at
Hartford Hospital in Connecticut in 2009 when a teenage boy was rushed into the ER late at night. Stabbed 25 times, the boy died at 6 the following morning, another gang-war casualty.
Reece had tried as best he could to comfort the mother, but she spoke only Spanish. Reece spoke only English. So he called a mentor and asked how he could become fluent in Spanish...
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