drunken driving
Once a bishop, now a ‘poster child’ for alcoholism, Heather Cook seeks to make amends
By Adelle M. Banks — May 14, 2019
(RNS) — The first woman bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland was convicted of vehicular manslaughter, DUI, leaving the scene of an accident and driving while texting and was just released from prison.
Maryland diocese asks bishop involved in fatal DUI to resign
By Reuters — January 29, 2015
(Reuters) Bishop Suffragan Heather Cook, the diocese's first female bishop and second highest official, is charged with manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of cyclist Tom Palermo in Baltimore.
Incoming San Francisco archbishop, Salvatore Cordileone, apologizes for drunken driving
By David Gibson — August 28, 2012
(RNS) Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, Calif., a leading conservative in the hierarchy who is set to become the next archbishop of San Francisco, was arrested over the weekend for drunken driving and has apologized 'for the disgrace I have brought upon the Church and myself.'
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