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http://www.wabashplaindealer.com/articles/2006/05/12/state_news/state2.txt
Jury convicts priest in slaying of nun 26 years ago
By The Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio - A priest was convicted Thursday of murder in the
slaying of a nun who was found stabbed 26 years ago in a hospital
chapel, her forehead ‘‘anointed'' with a smudge of blood, her wounds
forming an upside-down cross on her chest.
The Rev. Gerald Robinson, 68, was immediately sentenced to the
mandatory term of 15 years to life in prison and led away in handcuffs
after a trial in which forensic experts matched the victim's wounds to
a distinctive, sword-shaped letter opener found in the priest's room.
The jury took six hours to reach a verdict. Robinson's friends and
family gasped when it was read. The Roman Catholic priest showed no
reaction.
Robinson, who had worked closely with Sister Margaret Ann Pahl as the
hospital chaplain and presided at her funeral Mass, was a suspect
early on but was not charged until two years ago. Prosecutors took a
closer look at the slaying after he was anonymously accused of
molestation. Those allegations have not been substantiated.
‘‘Obviously, I'm relieved,'' the victim's niece, Marilyn Duvall, 54,
of Nashville, Ind., said after she watched the verdict on television
from home. ‘‘I was just wondering which way it was going to go. You
just never know.''
Prosecutors suggested that Robinson's relationship with the nun was
strained and had finally reached a breaking point. According to
testimony, Pahl was a strict taskmaster as the caretaker of the chapel
and was upset over Good Friday worship services being shortened.
Pahl, 71, was killed while preparing the Mercy Hospital chapel for
Easter services on April 5, 1980. She was choked and then stabbed 31
times, the blade plunged repeatedly through an altar cloth that was
left over her body in what prosecutors said looked like a ritual
slaying.
Prosecutor Dean Mandros said Robinson inflicted the stab wounds in the
shape of an upside-down cross, anointed Pahl with her own blood in a
macabre version of the last rites and stripped off her underwear ‘‘to
degrade her, to mock her, to humiliate her.''
Defense attorney John Thebes said he and his client were shocked by
the verdict and will appeal.
Bishop Leonard Blair of the Toledo Diocese issued a statement noting
that Robinson is a retired priest barred from any public ministry.
‘‘Let us hope that the conclusion of the trial will bring some measure
of healing for all those affected by the case as well as for our local
church,'' Blair said.
The case hinged largely on the letter opener, which had a
diamond-shaped cross-section and a dime-sized medallion with an image
of the U.S. Capitol. Forensic experts said the blade was used to
inflict the wounds, the medallion appeared to be the source of a faint
stain on the altar cloth.
Also, witnesses said they saw Robinson outside the chapel about the
time of the killing; the priest told police he was in his room
showering.
The defense noted that DNA evidence failed to link Robinson to the
crime. The nun's underwear and fingernails had traces of DNA that were
probably from a man but not from Robinson, Thebes said. The priest's
attorneys also said witnesses gave conflicting accounts of Robinson's
whereabouts around the time of the slaying.
Robinson was a popular priest in this blue-collar city of about
300,000, where a quarter of the residents are Catholic. He was
especially well-liked in Polish neighborhoods because he delivered
some sermons and heard confessions in Polish.
He was transferred from the hospital a year after the stabbing and
became pastor at three parishes in Toledo. At the time of his arrest,
he ministered to the sick and dying in nursing homes and hospitals.
After his arrest, allegations swirled that police did not pursue the
case thoroughly because the main suspect was a priest and that the
killing was some kind of ritual slaying.
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-duke (duckgumbo@cox.net), aka PedophilEarl J Weber, 59
year old mateless, heirless biological failure
of Afton Oaks Apartment, Baton Rouge,who pussied
out of the Vietnam draft, showing his gay side
despite his avowed anti-gay bigotry
Contact duke's priest and ask
him why duke is such a racist:
http://www.stpatrickbr.org/
Father Gerard "Jerry" Martin
stpatrickbr<AT>bellsouth<DOT>net
Saint Patrick Catholic Church
12424 Brogdon Lane
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816
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