[Magdalen] Bishop pleads; to be sentenced.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, thank goodness that's over; I was thinking yesterday that her trial was coming up.
Now, can the family still file a wrongful death suit, or does this decision preclude that?

> On Sep 8, 2015, at 3:53 PM, "M J [Mike] Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com> 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.
> 
> 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.