[Magdalen] Bishop pleads; to be sentenced.

[Ginga Wilder]

I pray Heather Cook's life is not over, even as it is changed in essential
ways.

   - May she work the 12 steps every day and be transformed.
   - May she find herself in that transformation.
   - Knowing more fully who she is,may she seek and serve Christ in all
   persons.
   - May she love her neighbor as herself.
   - May she respect the dignity of every human being.
   - May she repent and seek God's forgiveness.  May she accept that
   forgiveness.
   - May she forgive herself.
   - Even as she is confined in prison, may she find herself free to live
   as God's child, blessed, broken, and beloved.

Amen.
Ginga

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 9:17 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes. Her life is essentially over.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >
>