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FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2017, file photo, Barbara Butler, accompanied by her husband Phillip, speaks during a news conference at their attorney's office in Washington. Four decades after a Catholic priest who was once a member of the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross on the couple's lawn, he finally wrote them an apology. The Rev. William Aitcheson told Philip and Barbara Butler he was &quot;blinded by hate and ignorance&quot; when he targeted them in 1977 at their home in College Park, Maryland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Priest who used to be KKK member apologizes 40 years later

Associated Press

Phillip Butler speaks during a news conference at his attorney's office in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. The Butlers, victims of a cross burning on their property forty years ago, is questioning the sincerity of Catholic Priest William Aitcheson, a Ku Klux Klan &quot;wizard&quot;, who has come forward after decades about his past. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Cross-burning victims wonder why priest is confessing now

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Phillip Butler speaks during a news conference at his attorney's office in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. The Butlers, victims of a cross burning on their property forty years ago, is questioning the sincerity of Catholic Priest William Aitcheson, a Ku Klux Klan &quot;wizard&quot;, who has come forward after decades about his past. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Cross-burning victims to priest: Apology is not enough

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Va., Father William Aitcheson, a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington. Aitcheson is taking a leave of absence after disclosing he once was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Aitcheson wrote about his past Klan affiliation Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in The Arlington Catholic Herald, the diocese’s newspaper. (Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Va. via AP

Priest urges haters to repent; reveals his Ku Klux Klan past

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press