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Gilday's character was based on Edward Marcinkus of Chicago, the bishop who ran the Vatican Bank for years. He was of mixed Polish and Lithuanian extraction, but American. People who dealt with Marcinkus didn't know if they were working with a bishop of the Catholic Church or one of Mayor Daley's aldermen.

He was carried out of his office by Interpol, cuffed to his revolving chair. His last words as he left were, "It ain't no angels that are funding this church."

1,483 posted on 11/30/2018 6:07:40 PM PST by Publius
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To: Publius

Gilday’s character was based on Edward Marcinkus of Chicago, the bishop who ran the Vatican Bank for years. He was of mixed Polish and Lithuanian extraction, but American. People who dealt with Marcinkus didn’t know if they were working with a bishop of the Catholic Church or one of Mayor Daley’s aldermen.
He was carried out of his office by Interpol, cuffed to his revolving chair. His last words as he left were, “It ain’t no angels that are funding this church.”

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Like, oh wow!

thanks for that info!


1,799 posted on 11/30/2018 10:06:44 PM PST by TEXOKIE
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