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Hillary Hostage Suspect Claims Priest Abuse

Long-troubled man faced divorce, domestic violence charges

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 1, 2007 6:08 AM CST

(Newser) – Leeland Eisenberg's problems began long before he seized five hostages yesterday in a New Hampshire campaign office of Hillary Clinton. In 2002, Eisenberg filed a lawsuit charging that a Catholic priest had sexually abused him when he was 21 years old, homeless, and emotionally vulnerable,... Read full story »

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