[browardchad]

Mortal Sin, Purgatory - both are Catholic terms.

Ditto "one true Church."

I wonder if there's some connection between Smith and abortion? If this letter-writer is the perp, and he's bonkers, you might assume he just changed horses in mid-stream, for no apparent reason other than the perceived "death of an innocent."

Still, even in the deranged mind, you would think there would be a connection...unless Workman, the convicted cop-killer, was an anti-abortion militant, or related in some other way to the letter writer.

[SarahW]

I think more likely the bomber is a schizophrenic. THey form strange ideas of reality in conjunction with word associations. Hence, the scorned "DOCTOR KILLER abortionists" is easily translated into "DOCTOR KILLER" medical examiner.

After hearing a broadcast about the Workman case controversy and internalized it into his "call" to action.

Not so much because he's religious, but because he's nuts.