Body of priest exhumed to establish whether he fathered a child decades ago

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Jim Graham with a picture of the Rev. Thomas Sullivan, who he contends was his father.

By Michael Rezendes Globe Staff  June 19, 2018

TEWKSBURY — For 25 years, Jim Graham has tried to prove he is the son of a deceased Catholic priest who grew up in Lowell and graduated from Boston College.
He pulled old adoption records that mention his “alleged father.” He leaned on leaked documents from a friendly priest and petitioned Catholic leaders all the way to Rome, to no avail.
The quest continued Monday afternoon in a Catholic cemetery in Tewksbury, as a backhoe turned up earth on the Rev. Thomas Sullivan’s grave and promised to provide answers once and for all.

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