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	Bishop Pelotte Dead at 64; May Have Suffered Assault in 2007 Catholic Culture January 8, 2010 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=5118 Retired Bishop Donald Pelotte of Gallup, who may have suffered a severe assault in 2007, has died of an undisclosed illness at the age of 64. Following his severe injuries, the bishop insisted he had fallen down stairs, and police did not pursue the case. A year later, after the New Mexico bishop had resigned and a journalist won a legal battle to publish photographs of the injured prelate, Bishop Pelotte said, “When you see those pictures there’s no way that I could have gotten that damage by falling down the stairs.” He added, “But I don’t remember that.”
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