Yesterday Jewish and Christian leaders reconsecrated the grounds of the now-infamous Chicago cemetery, where all those bodies were dug up and dumped in an apparent money-making scheme.
“We need to rededicate this ground that has been desecrated,” said the Rev. Steve Jones, the sheriff’s office chaplain, according to the Associated Press. “When the gates do open, this will be holy ground like it was supposed to be from the beginning.”
Chicago Tribune’s Manya Branchear also had an interesting piece about possible rites for the historically African-American cemetery to have when those unearthed bodies–and perhaps the scandal itself–are put to rest.
(Photo by Joseph P. Meier/Southtown Star: The Rev. Ron Reinhart, a pastor at St. Joseph and St. Aidan Episcopal Church in Blue Island, blesses the Burr Oak Cemetery with incense Wednesday during a prayer service.)