"Masonic" Shooting in Patchogue, NY

Several articles about the recent tragic shooting in the basement of a Masonic building in Long Island, New York:

• Associated Press
• CNN
• CNN-2
• New York Post
• New York Times
• News12
• Newsday
• Oneonta Daily Star, NY -- quoted at the Grand Lodge of New York web-site.
• Public statement by the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York
• A letter clarifying the subject of Masonic social clubs, like the Fellow Craft Club in Patchogue, New York, scene of a recent tragic shooting.
• AP follow-up report

There is absolutely no place for firearms or physical threats of any kind in Masonic ritual. None. Period.

This event was apparently some kind of informal social club associated with the members of area lodges in that part of Long Island. I have never seen nor heard of anything like this ever. I have no idea what these particular idiots were up to or why, but it was not anything to do with proper Masonry.

There will be more about this at my web-site as soon as I can find out more. Please check back.

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