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Tuesday, June 17, 2003
De profundis 
I live in Phoenix, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix. Yesterday our Bishop was arrested for hit-and-run, for leaving the scene of a fatal accident. This is from the Arizona Republic: Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien, beleaguered by a sexual misconduct scandal involving clergy, was arrested Monday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident in Phoenix.A while ago, comparing the hounding of Senator Trent Lott with the hounding of the Bisophric, I said this about Bishop Thomas: I have met Bishop Thomas on a number of occasions. He said the Chrism Mass for my son, who is a believing Catholic, and blessed a Crucifix of his afterward. Whatever he might have done in pursuit of Church policy, I know him to be a good and decent man, and I have no doubt that he would never intentionally act to another person's injury.I may have to retract that last clause. Wait for all the facts, innocent until proven guilty, best defense at the bar of law, all that stuff. But: The Bishop's demurrers are less that ideally credible. Take a look at the photo above, also from the Arizona Republic, of O'Brien's car as it was towed away yesterday by the police. The Bishop admits he was driving in the area of the accident at the time of the accident on Saturday night. He says he thought he hit a dog or cat or that someone threw a rock at his car. He didn't stop to find out what had happened. On Sunday a priest told him that the police were looking for him and the car, but he did not turn himself in. Instead, on Monday he set about trying to have his windshield replaced. It may yet turn out that the man--a word Catholics emphasize at times like these--is innocent. For the good of the Diocese, I hope he is. But it sure don't smell that way right now... |
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