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Former bishop Heather Cook sentenced to 7 years

October 27, 2015 31 Comments

The Baltimore Sun reports:

Former Episcopal Bishop Heather Cook was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for killing a cyclist in a drunken crash days after Christmas.

Cook, 59, pleaded guilty last month to automobile manslaughter in the death of 41-year-old Thomas Palermo, a married father of two young children. She was taken into custody at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing Wednesday.

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Here’s what Cook said in court: @cbsbaltimore

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Heather Cook in court

September 8, 2015 No Comments

Heather Cook, former Suffragan Bishop of Maryland, will appear in court this afternoon, one day ahead of her scheduled trial date.

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Letter from President Jennings on the death of Tom Palermo

February 9, 2015 67 Comments

The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies, has written a letter addressed to deputies and alternate deputies about different actions the Church has decided to take following Tom Palermo’s death.

The letter is reprinted below, from the House of Deputies website:

A Letter from President Jennings: The Death of Thomas Palermo
February 9, 2015

Dear Deputies and Alternate Deputies:

Like many of you, I was deeply saddened by the news that bicyclist Thomas Palermo had died on December 27 after he was […]

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