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Donald Trautman -- the Roman Catholic Bishop for Erie, Pa. -- announced on Monday that he will not attend the Catholic Mercyhurst College's graduation because of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (N.Y.) planned visit to the college on Tuesday, the Erie Times-News reports. Trautman said he was "disappointed" that the college would host Clinton, who supports abortion rights. In a statement, Trautman said that he will not attend Mercyhurst's graduation as a "tangible expression" of his disappointment that the college did not "reflec[t] the pro-life stance of the Catholic Church regarding abortion." According to the Times-News, Trautman has attended the school's graduation ceremony for undergraduates in recent years.

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