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Charles J. O'Byrne (born 1959) is an executive at Related Rentals Companies,〔"()"〕 an American lawyer and former political staffer to Governor of New York David Paterson, serving as Secretary to the Governor. The position, according to then New York Daily News blogger Elizabeth Benjamin, is considered the most powerful in Albany after the Governor himself.〔Benjamin, Elizabeth. "(In And Out )". ''Daily News''. March 12, 2008.〕 He is openly gay.〔Peters, Jeremy W. "(The Tough Guy and Political Newcomer Who Counsels New York’s Governor )". ''The New York Times''. March 20, 2008.〕〔Goldiner, Dave. "(Chief of staff for incoming Gov. David Paterson a former Jesuit priest )". ''Daily News''. March 13, 2008.〕〔Deignan, Tom. "(Controversial Ex-Priest Guides Paterson )". ''(Irish Abroad )''. March 26, 2008.〕〔 Price, Deb. "(Spitzer's fall leaves N.Y. in gay-friendly hands )". ''Detroit News''. March 17, 2008.〕 O'Byrne previously served as Chief of Staff to Paterson during his time as Lieutenant Governor of New York as well as in the New York State Senate. He also worked as a speech writer for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. Prior to entering politics, O'Byrne became an attorney and subsequently joined the Catholic priesthood, and was a member of the Society of Jesus for twelve years.〔 He wrote and sold a manuscript to Crowne, a division of Random House, with a working title ''Going My Way'', a memoir of his time in religious formation and as a priest but has held back on releasing the book. An article touching on some of the topics considered in his manuscript was published in ''Playboy'' magazine in 2002.〔Howell, Ron. "(Book on Life, Sex In the Priesthood Is in the Works )". ''Newsday''. October 31, 2002.〕 He is now a practicing Episcopalian.〔 O'Byrne is an active athlete having completed two New York City Marathons and in June 2007 completed his first triathlon.〔"(22nd Annual NEW YORK TRI/BI-ATHLON SERIES Race #1 ), Harriman State Park, Sunday, June 10, 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2007.〕 ==Early career and background== O'Byrne was born into an Irish Catholic family at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City.〔Memmott, A. James. "(Ex-priest is valued adviser to NY governor )". ''New York Observer''. March 19, 2008.〕 His father was a teacher and then principal in New York public schools, and his mother was a psychologist.〔Horowitz, Jason. "(Gov. Paterson's Main Man: Former Jesuit, 'Natural' Politician Charles O'Byrne )". ''New York Observer''. March 15, 2008.〕 The family lived in Manhattan and Staten Island for five years, and relocated to Oceanport, New Jersey along the Jersey Shore.〔 He attended Red Bank Catholic High School and graduated in 1977.〔 He attended Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude in 1981, majoring in history with a concentration in the Medieval and Renaissance periods.〔 O'Byrne was a member of the crew team for three years and received the Class Day Achievement Prize at graduation.〔 He was also a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi and the Co-Founder of the Thomas Merton Lecture at Columbia.〔 He went on to Columbia Law School, graduating with a J.D. in 1984.〔"(Chief of Staff to the Lieutenant Governor - Charles J. O'Byrne Biography )". ''New York State''. Retrieved April 1, 2008.〕 At Columbia, he became close friends with Stephen Smith Jr., a member of the Kennedy family〔 O'Byrne remained active in alumni affairs, becoming President of the Columbia Alumni Association in 2002, and writing for the ''Columbia Spectator''.〔"(New Leadership for College Alumni )". ''(Columbia College Today )''. Retrieved April 2, 2008.〕〔Morais, Betsy and Repko, Melissa. "(Alumnus Governor May Impact Fate of Manhattanville )". ''Columbia Spectator''. April 1, 2008.〕 During college, he took a summer job in the New Jersey Attorney General's office, and at 22, became acting superintendent of elections and acting commissioner of registration in Monmouth County.〔 After law school, he worked as a corporate litigator at the Manhattan office of Rosenman & Colin LLP, before leaving to study for the priesthood.〔 He entered the Society of Jesus in 1989, and professed his vows as a Jesuit at the LeMoyne College Chapel in Syracuse, New York in 1991.〔 He earned two masters degrees, a M.Div. with Distinction and a S.T.L. from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.〔"(Paterson Appoints Director of Press Operations )". ''New York State Senate''. April 11, 2005.〕 He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1996.〔 A friend to the Kennedy family, he acted as a spiritual adviser during the 1991 rape trial of Stephen Smith's brother, William Kennedy Smith〔 and officiated at the marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette in 1996.〔〔Gonzalez, Juan. "(As the state shook, David Paterson called former deputy mayor dad )". ''Daily News''. March 12, 2008.〕 In 1999, he presided over their funeral in New York City after they died in a plane crash.〔Duke, Lynne. "(Family Memorializes Another JFK )". ''Washington Post''. July 24, 1999. Page A1.〕 He is a trustee of the Jean K. Smith Trust, the Kennedy Smith Foundation and the Smith Family Trust, and in a 2006 financial disclosure lists gifts in excess of $1,000 and trustee commissions from members of the Smith family.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles J. O'Byrne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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