Ping!
He was sipping some Holy Water and it turned into wine. It’s not a DUI, it’s a MIRACLE!!!
I had such high hopes for him to stop the erosion of the church there. Niederauer was a disaster. Oh well.
Oh no. He’s the great hope of conservative Catholics in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pray for him, and that this isn’t what it initially appears to be....
That’s new.
I thought the left would attempt a sex scandal but a DUI charge is easier.
They were probably LYING IN WAIT for him! He’s a CONSERVATIVE....he MUST BE DESTROYED!!!
He wasn’t even taken into CUSTODY!!! Isn’t that what they do when someone is drunk???? SOmething is FISHY!!!
I bet he wasn’t wearing his blacks, police are usually partial to clergymen.
Being the Arch-bishop in Gaytown would drive me to drink too.
A funny (or not so funny) thought just occurred to me.
Why don’t all the DUIs of ministers or teachers make headlines like this?
This from the Arch-Diocese of San Francisco:
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO
OFFICE OF THE AUXILIARY BISHOPS
ONE PETER YORKE WAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109-6601 (415) 614-5611 FAX (415) 614-5613
To: Clergy of the Archdiocese of San Francisco
From: Most Reverend William J. Justice
Most Reverend Robert W. McElroy
Reverend Monsignor James T. Tarantino
Date: August 27, 2012
RE: Statement regarding Archbishop Cordileone
Archbishop-designate Cordileone has asked that we share with you the following statement which he issued this afternoon:
“While visiting in San Diego this past weekend, I had dinner at the home of some friends along with a priest friend visiting from outside the country and my mother, who lives near San Diego State University. While driving my mother home, I passed through a DUI checkpoint the police had set up near the SDSU campus before I reached her home, and was found to be over the California legal blood alcohol level. “I apologize for my error in judgment and feel shame for the disgrace I have brought upon the Church and myself. I will repay my debt to society and I ask forgiveness from my family and my friends and co-workers at the Diocese of Oakland and the Archdiocese of San Francisco. I pray that God, in His inscrutable wisdom, will bring some good out of this.”
We ask you to keep Archbishop Cordileone in your prayers during this difficult time, as we know you will.
Partying with SDSU coeds?
Several problems with this. First of all, doesn’t he warrant a driver? Second, he was born and raised in California, so he should know the rules about DUI. If anything, he should have refused the BAT and lost his driver’s license. He will anyway.
In California, though refusal *can* result in being put in jail for 48 hours, but typically that is only done for falling down drunks.
He shoulda flashed his badge.
Another scene from a film by Luis Bunuel.
Sounds like a political hit.
Good people stumble sometimes like anybody else. I think he handled it as well as anybody could.
I guess time will tell us whether he inadvertently took just one sip too many at dinner or whether he really hit the bottle hard but in a way, it doesn't really matter. All that people will remember is the bishop busted for "drunken driving" as the headline eloquently states.
I know he's human, just as we all are but I'm so tired of bishops apologizing for screwing up.