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Remembering ‘Father Bob’ McDermott, whose boyhood neighborhood in Camden became his life’s work | Kevin Riordan

Msgr. Robert McDermott, 76, died Sunday, leaving behind the vibrant parish and thriving educational and housing programs he built in East Camden and beyond.

Msgr. Robert McDermott, 73, had been pastor of St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral Parish in East Camden since 1985 when he retired in 2014.
Msgr. Robert McDermott, 73, had been pastor of St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral Parish in East Camden since 1985 when he retired in 2014.Read moreMichael S. Wirtz / File Photograph
    by Kevin Riordan | Columnist
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