[Magdalen] Bishop pleads; to be sentenced.

[Georgia DuBose]

Wonderful prayer, Ginga.

Georgia+

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:08 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.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>