snowfall Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 foxnews.com: In a spectacular fall from grace, Maryland's second-highest ranking Episcopal leader and the first female bishop in her diocese was charged with drunken driving and manslaughter after fatally striking a cyclist in late December. Heather Cook, 58, turned herself in to authorities Friday, according to her attorney, David Irwin. Online court records show Cook's bail was set at $2.5 million. It was unclear late Friday whether she had posted bail. A trial is scheduled for Feb. 6. The charges came less than a week after the national Episcopal Church announced it had opened an investigation into Cook, whose ties to the church span generations. On Dec. 27, Cook struck and killed Tom Palermo, 41, while he was riding his bicycle. According to prosecutors, Cook left the scene for 30 minutes before returning, and registered a blood-alcohol content of .22 percent after the wreck. Palermo died of a head injury at a nearby hospital later that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfall Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Horrible, they should throw the book at her. Now I see they are using her lifelong drinking problem as a ecuse on these internets. Horrible. does anyone here know if she is gay? I thought I read that someplace, couldn't find that info today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Sweet @snowfall! Here is an autobiographical pdf. of Cook: http://bishopsearch.episcopalmaryland.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cook-bio.pdf It says she's had an on again/off again relationship with a "Mark." Couldn't find much else about her except she's a "radical, second-wave feminist" according to this link: http://http://kqduane.com/2015/01/02/current-events-drunk-episcopal-suffragan-bishop-heather-cook-kills-cyclist-tom-palermo/ Oh....and she was arrested for another DUI in 2010....with a blood alcohol reading of [.27].....three times the legal limit of[.08]......and along with: And, not only was Cook rip-roaring drunk, she had two baggies of marijuana in her car plus an open bottle of wine, an open bottle of Irish Whisky and a metal smoking device. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfall Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Sweet @snowfall! Here is an autobiographical pdf. of Cook: http://bishopsearch.episcopalmaryland.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cook-bio.pdf It says she's had an on again/off again relationship with a "Mark." Couldn't find much else about her except she's a "radical, second-wave feminist" according to this link: http://http://kqduane.com/2015/01/02/current-events-drunk-episcopal-suffragan-bishop-heather-cook-kills-cyclist-tom-palermo/ Oh....and she was arrested for another DUI in 2010....with a blood alcohol reading of [.27].....three times the legal limit of[.08]......and along with: And, not only was Cook rip-roaring drunk, she had two baggies of marijuana in her car plus an open bottle of wine, an open bottle of Irish Whisky and a metal smoking device. @SrWoodchuck thanks for that info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 What's a "second-wave feminist?" Like we are now into the second generation of feminists or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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