[Magdalen] Prayer Request--Amber Alert

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Just terrible.  Several people seem to have dropped the ball here as well.

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, Mar 21, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Most of you in the US will probably have heard of this case by now if you
> watch the national news or look at internet news sites. I'm sharing it
> because as the mother of a daughter it weighs on my heart, and because
> she's a Tennessee girl.
>
> I ask your prayers for the safe return of Mary Catherine Elizabeth "Beth"
> Thomas, who was taken by her health science teacher last week from Maury
> County, TN. She is 15 years old and he is 50. She is from a troubled family
> situation--her mother was charged over a year ago with child abuse and
> neglect, I don't know the circumstances, and does not live with the
> family--and there is reason to believe that the teacher, Tad Cummins, has
> been "grooming" her for some time. He was dismissed from the school system
> after his inappropriate relationship with her became known to the system,
> but her father wasn't notified soon enough, apparently. Cummins disappeared
> with her last Monday and there has been only one possible sighting of them
> since. It is listed as an aggravated kidnaping because he is known to be
> armed with two handguns and because she is underage, and there is a
> nationwide Amber Alert. Please pray for her safe return.
>