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

Tue Dec 30 08:14:27 UTC 2014

For my part, I cannot divorce my reaction from my own experience of having one of my closest friends (a long-time co-worker who served as a groomsman at my wedding) struck and killed while riding a bicycle by a hit-and-run driver some fifteen years ago. 

Whether the cause is texting, impairment, or just plain bad driving, such carelessness while behind the wheel of an SUV while around literally defenseless cyclists is about as close to unforgivable as someone who realizes they are commanded to forgive all offenses is allowed to get. And, if it turns out that impairment WAS involved, I would think a very bright spotlight will, and should be, shone on the diocese that approved her to stand for election despite her past track-record. I would also think that personal-injury lawyers would be lining up for the chance to exact a hefty monetary penalty (think "start selling off the properties") from the diocese for the actions of one of their top representatives.

But, once again, I have to admit that I'm scarcely an impartial observer in cases of this kind. 

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> On Dec 29, 2014, at 10:25 PM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
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>> "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