From Cleric To Relic

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Eugene Peterson, an American-born clergyman, scholar, author & poet, has died.  He was 85.  Peterson wrote over 30 books and was a Gold Medallion Book Award winner.

 

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/october/eugene-peterson-died-message-bible-long-obedience-resurrect.html

 

[charon 4,943]

Nun Digitalis wins her blue badge appeal over the Council misreading how far she can walk.

 

Which not far.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Thomas Keating, a Trappist monk & priest and a global figure in both inter-religious dialogue & Christian contemplative prayer, has died.  He was 95.

 

 

https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/thomas-keating-pioneer-centering-prayer-interfaith-dialogue-dies-95

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

18 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Thomas Keating, a Trappist monk & priest and a global figure in both inter-religious dialogue & Christian contemplative prayer, has died.  He was 95.

 

 

https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/thomas-keating-pioneer-centering-prayer-interfaith-dialogue-dies-95

 

Hey I WORKED for Thomas Keating!!! (A lawyer in Detroit area).  
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[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

On 26/09/2016 at 12:44, DevonDeathTrip said:

Buddhist leader Sangharakshita, aka Dennis Lingwood, 91, cites poor health as a reason not to give an interview about allegations of sexual misconduct.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-37432719

 

Dead.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

23 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

On 26/09/2016 at 06:44, DevonDeathTrip said:

Buddhist leader Sangharakshita, aka Dennis Lingwood, 91, cites poor health as a reason not to give an interview about allegations of sexual misconduct.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-37432719

 

Dead.

He was a very honest man.

[charon 4,943]

The Rev Neville Chamberlain, Bishop of Brechin, has in his hand, a piece of paper.

 

His death certificate.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/10/26/rt-rev-neville-chamberlain-bishop-brechin-campaigned-against/

 

Aged 78.

[charon 4,943]

 

The Digital Nun gives a peak into an interesting situation.

 

Feeling shitty after last chemo, weak, and may not get her flu jab. Indeed it might be more dangerous to receive it.

 

 

[gcreptile 10,970]

Highest British cleric, Cardinal Nichols too ill to attend an abuse trial... well, I never....

https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/10997/cardinal-too-ill-to-attend-abuse-inquiry

[Clorox Bleachman 2,422]

The Rev Dr Laurence Whitley, who held services in Glasgow Cathedral for victims of the Clutha and bin lorry tragedies, has had the tables turned on him. His own service took place yesterday after he died aged 69.

 

https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17217996.rev-dr-laurence-whitley-minister-who-led-clutha-and-bin-lorry-tragedy-tributes-dies/

[arrowsmith 445]

Catholic Bishop of Madison Wisconsin Robert Morlino dead at 71. 

 

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2018/11/25/bishop-robert-morlino-of-madison-dies-three-days-after-cardiac-event/

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

American evangelist Reverend Ralph Wilkerson, who described his near-death experiences in the book 'Beyond and Back', later turned into a film,  is now just...'Beyond'.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Robert Edward Mulvee, a former Bishop of both Wilmington, Delaware and Providence, Rhode Island, has died.  He was 88.

 

 

https://turnto10.com/news/local/former-diocese-of-providence-bishop-robert-mulvee-passes-away-at-88

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Former Nashville Catholic priest Edward McKeown, convicted in 1999 of the rape of a teenage boy a decade after he was forced from the priesthood, died Sunday while serving a 25-year sentence. He was 74. 

McKeown, who was incarcerated at South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tennessee, died at a local hospital of natural causes.

McKeown pleaded guilty to abusing a 12-year-old boy in his neighborhood over a three-year period. He was due to be released May 1, 2020.

At the time of his sentencing, prosecutors said the crime was part of a pattern of pedophilia. McKeown had abused some 30 boys over two decades in Nashville and in East Tennessee, according to prosecutors. 

Church officials knew about accusations against McKeown in the years before his arrest, but did not report them to police. Instead they sent McKeown for treatment then forced him from the priesthood in 1989.
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[alt obits guy 3,371]

Roman Catholic prelates have been dropping like flies in 2019.  So far, in the first dozen days of the year, ALL of the following have died:

 

 

1) Salvador Martinez Perez,  Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huejutla (1994-2009)

 

2) MIchael Yeung,  Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hong Kong (since 2017)

 

3) Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (1966-74) and Temuca (1977-2001)

 

4) Emiliano Fabbricatore, Italian Eastern Catholic prelate, Eparch of Territorial Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata (2000-13)

 

5) Giorgia Zur, German Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1979–2005)

 

6) Armando Bortolaso, Italian-born Syrian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (1992-2002)

 

7) Jose Belvino de Nascimento, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (1981-87) and Divinopolis (1989-2009)

 

8) Joseph Lawson Howze, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Biloxi (1977-2001)

 

9) Charles Soreng, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Daltonganj (1989-95) and Hazaribag (1995-2012)

 

10) Christian Conrad Blouin, Canadian-born Papua Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lae (2007-18)

 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,610]

3 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Roman Catholic prelates have been dropping like flies in 2019.  So far, in the first dozen days of the year, ALL of the following have died:

 

 

1) Salvador Martinez Perez,  Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huejutla (1994-2009)

 

2) MIchael Yeung,  Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hong Kong (since 2017)

 

3) Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (1966-74) and Temuca (1977-2001)

 

4) Emiliano Fabbricatore, Italian Eastern Catholic prelate, Eparch of Territorial Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata (2000-13)

 

5) Giorgia Zur, German Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1979–2005)

 

6) Armando Bortolaso, Italian-born Syrian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (1992-2002)

 

7) Jose Belvino de Nascimento, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (1981-87) and Divinopolis (1989-2009)

 

8) Joseph Lawson Howze, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Biloxi (1977-2001)

 

9) Charles Soreng, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Daltonganj (1989-95) and Hazaribag (1995-2012)

 

10) Christian Conrad Blouin, Canadian-born Papua Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lae (2007-18)

 

 

 

Do you have any kind of idea just how many prelates there are?

[alt obits guy 3,371]

11 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

 

Do you have any kind of idea just how many prelates there are?

According to Wikipedia, as of 2009, there were 5,100 bishops total in the Latin and Eastern churches of the Catholic Church.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_in_the_Catholic_Church

 

[Ulitzer95 12,610]

1 hour ago, alt obits guy said:

According to Wikipedia, as of 2009, there were 5,100 bishops total in the Latin and Eastern churches of the Catholic Church.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_in_the_Catholic_Church

 

Exactly. And most, if not all are aged between their 40s and early 100s.

And you're genuinely surprised that 10 / 5100 died in half a month?

[alt obits guy 3,371]

6 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Exactly. And most, if not all are aged between their 40s and early 100s.

And you're genuinely surprised that 10 / 5100 died in half a month?

Yes, as I regularly check the Wikipedia deathlist and post cleric deaths in the thread.  I can tell you from experience this is a disproportionate number of Roman Catholic prelates to die in the given time frame. As a specific example, December had 16 such deaths, or about one every two days. This is about twice the rate, nearly one per day.

[gcreptile 10,970]

On 26/08/2018 at 20:24, drol said:

Linked to this, as he was not disgusting enough, Ernest Angley has now been accused of sexual abuse.

There's a tape out there now... where he confesses that he lay with a man, but not until the "very end", if you know what I mean.

 

Anyway, he also once coerced a 76-year old dementia sufferer to write him a check of 340.000$, so he's apparently someone who deserves all bad things happening to him.

[Clorox Bleachman 2,422]

Pentecostal minister Paul Cain dead of pneumonia at 89. Cup pick.

 

https://www.premier.org.uk/News/World/US-evangelist-Paul-Cain-dies-aged-89

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Here’s hoping ALL Spade’s Cup picks perish 

[charon 4,943]

 

Kao Chun Ming aged 89.

 

Was 5'4 tall, a Taiwanese Presbyterian minister who served jail time in the 80's for his beliefs.

 

 

Which means at his death, he was a Wee free Presbyterian.

 

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201902140020.aspx

 

 

They're fucking everywhere

 

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Nicaraguan theologian, poet and Sandinista fanboy Fr.Ernesto Cardenal for your consideration.  Highly obitable I would have thought.

 

[charon 4,943]

 

 

The Rev Ruth Scott deid aged 60.

 

Well kent voice on R2's Pause for Thought.

 

https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2019022270079/radio-2-reverend-ruth-scott-dies/

 

 

I'm guessing that fucks a lot of March Cup teams.