October 23, 2003

A Truly Evil Man

Thanks to Huw at Doxos for pointing this out.

Even over here in the UK, we have been keeping up with the saga of Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman in a nursing home after suffering brain damage [as has been pointed out in comments below, not in a vegetative state]. Her husband has been trying desperately to kill her. It would seem among other things that this would facilitate his marriage to his girlfriend by whom he already has a child.

Her family is trying just as desperately to save her, as are people everywhere who care about the right to life. Her husband finally got a court order to have her feeding tube removed so she could slowly starve to death. Then, as if that wasn't bad enough, he refused to allow her to receive the viaticum -- the Holy Communion of the last rites. Perhaps he thought a particle of the Most Precious Body or a drop of the Most Precious Blood might sustain her earthly life a few moments longer.

Now that Governor Jeb Bush and the Florida legislature have stepped in and passed emergency legislation to save her life and restore her feeding tube, perhaps her access to the Holy Mysteries will be restored.

It is no doubt down to my lack of holiness, but it is difficult when praying for Terri not pray imprecatorily on her most evil *astard of a husband.

(I don't like to water down my words with substitutionary symbols, but I know I have readers who have to access from behind language-police filters.)

Posted by david at October 23, 2003 03:47 AM
Comments

Please change your website information. Terri is NOT in a vegetative state. She is alert and very aware of what is happening to her.

One of the Volunteers working for Terri.

Denise
USA

Posted by: Denise at October 27, 2003 10:30 AM

Thank you very much for clarifying this. My wife had already pointed this out to me and I had failed to note it on the blog.

If it were possible, I would say that this indicates her husband is even more evil than described.

Posted by: David Holford at October 27, 2003 03:45 PM