Episcopal Church Bishop Heather Cook Goes To Jail

The former Episcopalian Assistant Bishop of Maryland, Heather Cook, has been sentenced to 7 years in jail by a Baltimore Court today, for killing a cyclist shortly after Christmas this year.

Cook had nearly three times the legal level of alcohol in her bloodstream when she drove into Michael Palermo, killing the 41 year old cyclist and father of two. 

The bishop, who had been texting at the time of the crash, drove away from the scene of the crime, but later returned after being followed by a suspicious cyclist. She was subsequently forced to resign from her position and released from prison on $2.5 million bail.

Cover Up

The ex-bishop pleaded guilty to automobile manslaughter last month and has a history of alcohol and narcotics use, which came to light in 2010 when she was arrested for DUI, possession of marijauna and drug paraphernalia. This was allegedly known by top church authorities but not disclosed to the Diocese of Baltimore.

Prosecutors had wanted a 10 year sentence for Cook, but her attorney argued for less, claiming that the once senior clergyperson had lived a mostly "model life."

You can read all about the case of the drunken Cook in the Baltimore Sun. And we have to ask, if the Episcopal Church's leader, Katharine Jefferts Schori, knew about Cook's history of driving while drunk and stoned, why was nothing said to the people responsible for electing her as a bishop?

Surely Michael Palermo's family deserve an answer.

LSP

An Army of Crones

You may have missed it, but the Church of England's top progleft lib church, St. James, Piccadilly, hosted a special conference in late May to address the theme What Difference Will Women Bishops Make.

Katharine Jefferts Schori was the keynote speaker, because she's the most powerful women bishop in the world, ever. One of the differences she's made is spending tens of millions of dollars on lawsuits against traditionalists.

Mobius

But the speakers weren't all Anglican clergywomen. Among others, there was a gay Muslim man, a female rabbi, and a witch, Helene Mobius. Mobius  had this to say:

Witches, Goofing Off

"The word crone does not mean wizened old cackling pagan," it's the "passage of the mother becoming grandmother, no longer able, thankfully, to reproduce."

Random Wizard

Now we know, no more reproduction. I guess they'll have to grow future crones in a lab, or a vat, or maybe just magicke them up.

Step away from the Pentagram.

LSP