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  • Tattoo artist turned monk: not your typical art story

    11/10/2014 10:39:40 AM PST · by Mrs. Don-o · 39 replies
    Oregon Dotnewz ^ | November 9, 2014 | Tom Mayhall Rastrelli
    Brother Andre Love, a Benedictine monk, sits in the church after praying at the Mount Angel Abbey on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Love, a former tattoo artist, still has tattoos on his hands, arms and neck. Six years ago, Mount Angel Abbey's serene hilltop campus shook, as leather-clad Bobby Love rolled in on his motorcycle. Love removed his helmet revealing pierced ears and a mop of dreadlocks. With tattoos on his hands, arms and neck, he looked like an extra on "Sons of Anarchy" not a someone attending a retreat for those who might become Catholic monks. "One of...