Cardinal Keeler Re Hower
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8/9/2019 Cardinal Keeler Re Hower
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His Eminence, Cardinal William H. Keelerin care ofMost Rev. Edwin Frederick O'Brien320 Cathedral StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21201
Saturday, March 06, 2010 2:06 PM
Your Eminence,I thought it would be proper to copy you on these most important letters addressed to HisHoliness, Pope Benedict XVI and Vatican Ambassador to the U.S. and Apostolic Nuncio,Archbishop Pietro Sambi, et al, which outlines the actions of four (4) bishops and others, whohad a hand in ruining the life of seminarian Philip Hower, you, sir being the first, and NashvilleBishop David Choby being the latest to throw Philip Hower away like garbage, in this growingscandal. In September, 1985, you, as the sponsoring Bishop of Harrisburg, punished Philip andcut him from your sponsorship of his seminary studies at Josephinum, when, in all truth and
honesty, he reported wrongdoing to you in regard to Father John Allen, and you banished Philipfrom the diocese for blowing the whistle. However, it took 17 years later on Friday, April 5,2002, for your successor, Bishop Nicholas Dattilo, to finally publish the truth of the actions youcovered up of Father John Allen. (See attachment Abelow in Pope Benedict XVI letter) It is nowtime for you to erase this scandal that you created 25 years ago and do everything in your powerto give him back the life he enjoyed before your unforgivable acts, and the wasting of at least$150,000 spent on preparing Mr. Hower for the priesthood. Your continued silence in this matterwill only confirm the known facts even more for present and future historians.Respectfully,Don Meehan
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