[Magdalen] Bishop pleads; to be sentenced.

[Eleanor Braun]

Amen. 

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> On Sep 10, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>>