[Magdalen] TEC bishop fatally hits bicyclist in hit and run?

[Georgia DuBose]

I posted a very strong, and judgmental, reaction to this story on Tony
Clavier's facebook page. He had posted the article from The Living
Church. I realized afterward that my reaction has to do with the
neighborhood in which this happened--close to where my grandchildren
live, in Guilford.

My grand-daughter crosses the street in front of the Cathedral of the
Incarnation on her way to art classes at Baltimore Museum of Art. The
offices of the diocese are at the cathedral.  Whatever the cause of
the accident, that brings it closer to home for me. Texting? Driving
impaired? Or just not paying attention in what someone has referred to
as "a 3000 lb. weapon."? And then departing the scene, and returning
with some sort of diocesan official accompanying her?

Given her record, I don't think she should have made it to the finals
for suffragan. And clearly, some sort of really bad choice was made by
the driver of an SUV that now has a body-sized fractured indentation
in it. She had to know she had hit someone. She left.

Georgia+

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 10:04 PM, John Robison <friarjohn00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Baltimore Sun is not, at least for many locals, not all that great a
> news source. Hasn't been since the Tribune bought it at least. Note that
> she's described as a "high ranking Bishop."
>
> Anyway, nothing I said has been contradicted in the story you cite. From
> information I have heard, this seems to be a matter of texting. It may not
> be.
>
> On Tuesday, December 30, 2014, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I just read an article in the early edition of the Baltimore Sun that
>> contains extensive information about both incidents involving Bishop Cook.
>> www.baltimoresun.com
>>
>> On December 30, 2014, at 12:23 AM, John Robison <friarjohn00 at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>
>> She wasn't convicted but recieved Probation before Judgement.
>> As for the drug possestion, it was never completely clear if the marijuana
>> was hers.
>> Tossing around terms like "addictive issues" and wondering if the prior
>> issue should have prevented her election don't help. I have known the
>> Bishop, off and on, for several years, and many of my friends are either
>> colleagues and/or friends of hers. This seems very much out of character,
>> and the area that all of this happened is an area that cyclists have been
>> requesting be upgraded.
>>
>>
>> On Monday, December 29, 2014, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>
>> > Scott, in the 2010 incident she was arrested for DUI of three times the
>> > legal limit and had marijuana in the car.
>> >
>> > In the current incident she hadn't been charged as of the last report,
>> and
>> > it was not known at that point if there was alcohol involved.
>> >
>> > On December 29, 2014, at 9:50 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>
>> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>
>> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> > > Well, inasmuch as she was arrested for DUI and possession of marijuana
>> > at the same time, I assume they would have known about her addictive
>> > issues. And, of course, in the intervening 4 years she could have been in
>> > recovery.
>> >
>> > And there are lots of things one can be and become after recovering
>> > from such things, but perhaps becoming a bishop isn't necessarily one
>> > of them? Anyway, I wasn't there and don't know any more than anyone
>> > else who wasn't there. Tragic for all concerned.
>> >
>> > I tend to write off drug possession and wish the government would (as
>> > I think it should not be illegal, should be regulated like alcohol,
>> > and we need thereby to let the air out of much of the underground drug
>> > industry, gangs, and so on), but of course couple with legal
>> > possession should be very strict DUI laws. Own it, fine...but never
>> > use it and drive.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Scott R. Knitter
>> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> John Robison Asc. Episcopal Carmel St Teresa
>>
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>> uninterestingness as an intellectual position." - John Updike
>>
>> "There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life:
>> The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that
>> often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading
>> to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with
>> the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."  ~John Rogers
>>
>
>
> --
> John Robison Asc. Episcopal Carmel St Teresa
>
> Check out my online Book Shop:  http://astore.amazon.com/friarsrumi-20
>
> "Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic
> uninterestingness as an intellectual position." - John Updike
>
> "There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life:
> The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that
> often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading
> to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with
> the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."  ~John Rogers