[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Eleanor Braun]

In the Baltimore Sun article:

"Irwin [Heather Cook's attorney] revealed in court that any civil liability
in the case has also been resolved. A lawyer for the Palermo family
confirmed a resolution but declined to provide details."

Eleanor

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Has the family brought a lawsuit against the Diocese of MD?  I am not a
> litigious person, but this seems a reasonable thing to do for their
> security going forward.
>
> Ginga
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > No, more like service or slavery to the family of the person she killed.
> In
> > this case, the family is reported to be in severe financial need.
> > Therefore, a large financial settlement would be part of the restoration.
> > And you chose to disregard the other part, about a menial job in the ER
> > (which would include cleaning up the blood and guts, and other scut
> work).
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Jay Weigel
> > >
> > > On the other hand, restorative justice would, at least to me, demand
> that
> > >> Heather Cook be liable for a rather large sum of money to Tom
> Palermo's
> > >>
> > >
> > > Ah, the three sheep and five goats for your loss system of justice,
> eh? I
> > > realize were fighting in Afghanistan to preserve that way of life, but
> > I;m
> > > not sure we need to adopt it here as a consequence
> > >
> > > Don's post, I think is right on point, as was Jim Oppenheimer's
> > yesterday.
> > >
> > > As you know, I think the smarmiest people in the world are those with a
> > > DSM at home who like to pull it out and do amateur diagnoses, so I
> don’t
> > > want to get too deep into this, but . . .
> > >
> > > I some of the desire to "throw the book" at Heather Cook here
> reflective
> > > more of her betrayal, as TEC people who love value a range of things
> > about
> > > our church and its people?
> > >
> > > Obviously,it's not about justice for Heather Cook. Id she were treated
> > > like others in her circumstance, it would be far more likely she'd get
> > five
> > > years of probation than a 20 years sentence and 13 years probation.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jim Guthrie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>