[Magdalen] Bishop pleads; to be sentenced.

[Marion Thompson]

Talk about a fall from grace.  Never mind, yes, my heart goes out to 
her.  So sue me.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 9/8/2015 3:53 PM, M J [Mike] Logsdon wrote:
> Ex-bishop who killed cyclist pleads guilty to manslaughter
> By JULIET LINDERMAN
> >From Associated Press
> September 08, 2015 2:33 PM EST
>   
> BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Episcopal bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter, drunken driving and leaving the scene at which she killed a cyclist.
>
> Under an agreement with prosecutors, the state will ask a Baltimore Circuit Court judge next month to sentence Heather Cook to 10 years in prison.
>
> Cook, then a newly installed bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, struck 41-year-old Tom Palermo on Dec. 27 in a bike lane near her North Baltimore home. Her blood-alcohol content level was 0.22 percent; Maryland's limit is 0.08 percent.
>
> Cook, 58, entered her pleas the day before her trial was scheduled to start. She pleaded guilty to automobile manslaughter, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, driving while intoxicated and texting while driving.
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> Cook resigned from her post as bishop shortly after charges were filed, and the Episcopal Church revoked her clergy credentials.
>
> The plea deal calls for the judge to sentence Cook on Oct. 27 to 20 years in prison, with 10 years suspended. She would be on probation for five years.
>
> Cook had pleaded not guilty in April to 13 counts against her.
>