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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2013, file photo hundreds participate in a candlelight vigil at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting rampage that left six dead in Oak Creek, Wis. The white supremacist gunman, who wounded five other worshippers and an Oak Creek police officer, killed himself in the parking lot. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

New massacres a jolt for clergy who coped with past attacks

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2017, file photo, a man walks out of the memorial for the victims of a shooting at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A South Texas church where a gunman in 2017 opened fire and killed more than two dozen congregants will unveil a new sanctuary and memorial room honoring the victims. Worshippers and relatives of those killed or injured at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs are expected to gather at the newly constructed church on Sunday, May 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas church opens new sanctuary 18 months after massacre

By CLARICE SILBER - Associated Press

In this Oct. 21, 2018, photo, Sherri Pomeroy is embraced by her daugher-in-law, Chelsi Pomeroy, left, and her daughter, Kandi Pomeroy, right, as Sherri holds a balloon to release in honor of what would have been the 15th birthday for her slain daughter, Annabelle Pomeroy, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Moments earlier, family and friends gathered with her at Annabelle's gravesite released balloons in different shades of purple, Annabelle's favorite color. At left is Annabelle's father, Frank Pomeroy. (Lisa Krantz/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Prayers, unity in year since deadly Texas church shootings

By SILVIA FOSTER-FRAU - Associated Press

Church where shooting took place was center of community

By JIM VERTUNO, NOMAAN MERCHANT and and DIANA HEIDGERD - Associated Press