See also previous post:
"BISHOP TAKES ON "CIVIC" CONGREGATION."
The Rev. Jay R. Lawlor resigned Wednesday as pastor at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, three days after an elderly parishioner filed a police report accused him of assault, according to a letter received today by church members.
The letter from Bishop Robert Gepert, who heads the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan, said the church is launching its own investigation into the incident, which allegedly involved Lawlor shoving Marcia Morrison, 76.
Lawlor told police that Morrison bumped into him and said that witnesses were "lying" that he shoved her.
Morrison was not injured, but told police she was emotionally traumatized.
COMMENT: Somehow I doubt that she is the sort of old lady to be traumatised easily.
I smiled at the fact that the Rev. Jay R. Lawlor (whom I don't think I know) is credited in the Clerical Directory with the authorship of an article entitled "Reconcilers in a Violent World"!
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This is me "No Commenting".
ReplyDelete[skittles might have something to say however. ;-/]
Excellent piccie, MP!
ReplyDeleteskittles might have something to say however.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least that will be polite and contain no expletives.
I've commented on the other thread (at length, of course) but do not think I used any expletives.
ReplyDeleteFiling police reports and calling people liars in the local press does not speak well for anyone involved.
Methinks the lady (and her friends, no doubt) want to dispose of this cleric for some reason or another....
ReplyDeleteno dirty tick is too much.......
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Beware of those dirty ticks - they're even worse than the clean ones...
ReplyDeletePS - That's one yummy little priest there in the cleavage...
ReplyDeleteI like her hat.
ReplyDeleteThere's news. http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/03/post_125.html
ReplyDeletePray for St. Luke's, its bishop, and the whole diocese.
Good old Anna Russell!
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