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DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas family that hosted the Liberian man who died of Ebola has been released from isolation after spending three weeks at a Catholic retreat house.
After Thomas Eric Duncan's Ebola diagnosis, Louise Troh, her 13-year-old son, Duncan's nephew and a family friend were evacuated from Troh's apartment, where Duncan had stayed before going to the hospital. Most of their belongings were incinerated.
Troh and her family belong to a Baptist church, but Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell says when he was asked to provide them temporary quarters, he thought, "We're all Christians. What would Jesus have done?" He adds, "We help people because we're Catholics, not because they're Catholics."
Troh spent the early afternoon Monday looking for a new place to live with funds collected by the city of Dallas, her church and an anonymous donor.
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218-w-29-(Steve Coleman, AP religion editor, with Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell)--The Dallas family that hosted the Liberian man who died of Ebola has been released from isolation after spending three weeks at a Catholic retreat house. AP Religion Editor Steve Coleman reports. (20 Oct 2014)
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219-a-07-(Bishop Kevin Farrell, Roman Catholic bishop of Dallas, with reporters)-"religion they are"-Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell says Catholics want to help all people in need. (20 Oct 2014)
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220-a-13-(Bishop Kevin Farrell, Roman Catholic bishop of Dallas, with reporters)-"prayers and assistance"-Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell says other local churches have also helped Louise Troh and her family. (20 Oct 2014)
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194-a-15-(Bishop Kevin Farrell, Catholic Diocese of Dallas, at news conference)-"Jesus have done?"-Bishop Kevin Farrell says when he was asked to help a family that was being quarantined due to an Ebola scare, he did mull it over, but only briefly. (20 Oct 2014)
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