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Support swells for a revered Northeast Ohio clergyman
Even as questions swirl around the long-time leader of Interval Brotherhood Home, friends and colleagues express belief in him
by WKSU's TIM RUDELL


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Interval Brotherhood Home in Summit County's Coventry Township - the campus is on the grounds of a former monastery
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Samuel Ciccolini is a man accused of federal crimes. He is also a long-serving Catholic priest in Northeast Ohio, the founder of a leading alcohol and drug rehabilitation center, and a man so lauded for good works that he was invited to say Mass with the Pope. WKSU's Tim Rudell has more on the curious story of "Father Sam..."
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"Father Sam" - Reverend Samuel Ciccolini, is a Roman Catholic priest and the founder of Interval Brotherhood Home
Jerry Craig, interim director of Summit County's Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Board - the  largest user of IBH services and the source of more than half of the rehabilitation center's annual operating revenue
Interval Brotherhood Home - entrance off South Main near the Green city limits

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