Terri Schiavo's Brother, Pro-Life Priest Respond to Michael Schiavo Interview

LifeNews.com ^ | March 26, 2006 | Steven Ertelt

[rhema]

Terri Schiavo's brother and a pro-life priest who helped her parents and siblings in the days leading up to her euthanasia death responded to comments her former husband made in an appearance on NBC's "Dateline" on Sunday. Schiavo admitted his book he wrote about Terri and the controversy surrounding her was meant to "settle a score" with her family. He also said he had nothing to do with Terri's collapse in 1990 that put her in an incapacitated state.

Responding to allegations that he may have physically abused Terri, leading to her collapse, Michael told NBC News, "They're wrong. I heard the thud. Ran to Terri. Called after that little gasp, I mean, it was within a minute I was on the phone with 911. They can think whatever."

Terri's initial collapse was blamed on a potassium imbalance, but an autopsy ruled that out. A bone scan performed after Terri's collapse found evidence of possible trauma and friends later revealed the couple go into a heated argument on the day Terri collapsed.

"We believe he knows what happened to her that night," Bobby Schindler, her brother, told Reuters. He said he still believes Michael should be questioned about what happened that night to cause Terri to collapse.

Michael claimed Terri is in Heaven "praising" him for subjecting her to a painful 13-day starvation and dehydration death.

"Our family will never believe Terri wanted to die this way," Schindler responded.

Meanwhile, Father Frank Pavone, who was with the Schindler family in the days and hours leading up to Terri's death, released an open letter over the weekend criticizing Michael and correcting his take on what happened.

"[Y]ou were the one insisting that she continue to be deprived of food and water, right up to her death," Pavone said. "I watched her face for hours on end, right up to moments before her last breath. Her death was not peaceful, nor was it beautiful."

"This week, tens of millions of Americans will remember those agonizing days last year, and will scratch their heads trying to figure out why you didn't simply let Terri's mom, dad, and siblings take care of her, as they were willing to do," Pavone added.

"She had no terminal illness. She was simply a disabled woman who needed extra care that you weren't willing to give," he said.

"Terri's case was not one of judging treatment to be worthless – which is sometimes the case; rather, it was about judging a life to be worthless, which is never the case," Pavone concluded.

[Nextrush]

Mark Fuhrman said in his book that Michael didn't want to talk to him about what happened that night. The book "Silent Witness," also quotes a lot of people who say Michael has a short fuse.
From what I saw of him on TV last year I would agree with that idea. What do you have to hide, Michael?

[sockmonkey]

Pro-Life Bump!

[LaineyDee]

Michael thinks he's gotten away with murder. I sure would hate to be standing in his shoes....come judgement day. But, on the other hand.......he may think burning in hell is a beautiful thing.

[nmh]

"She had no terminal illness. She was simply a disabled woman who needed extra care that you weren't willing to give," he said.

With a horrible ending. I still have trouble believing our judges would condemn someone who was only guilty of wanting to live and parents and siblings guilty of loving her too and wanting her to live.

[tuffydoodle]

"This week, tens of millions of Americans will remember those agonizing days last year, and will scratch their heads trying to figure out why you didn't simply let Terri's mom, dad, and siblings take care of her, as they were willing to do," Pavone added."

Did we ever get an answer to this question? I've often wondered why he wouldn't walk away and let the parents take over.

[Nathan Zachary]

Good thing God doesn't judge like you, isn't it.

In fact, God forgives ALL sin. Not that he committed any, and, at any rate, it's not for you to judge. Better brush up on your bible studies before you decide who is going to burn in hell or not.

[DustyMoment]

Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them. This despicable murderer has gotten away with a murder that was carried out for everyone to see.

We may not ever see this coward brought to justice in this life, but we have the satisfaction of knowing that he'll have no peace in the next.

He and his henchman, Judge Greer, still have to face God and atone for their cowardly murder of Terri.

[rmgatto]

He said it was because she had stated to him, while watching a TV show about a terminally ill person, that she would not want to live like that. No living will--just Michael's word about her statement. The court deferred to him as husband, and he prevailed (as is typical). Who can judge whether he was sincere?

[LaineyDee]

You have to repent.....to be forgiven. Michael does not. Maybe YOU should brush up a bit, eh?

[Chewie84]

He acts like he was some kind of caring, loving husband, even though murderers on Death Row and stray dogs are put down in more humane ways than how Terri died. This loving husband was overheard by a nurse saying, "When is that b&*^h going to die?" All this "Loving husband" cared about was marrying his common-law wife without having to divorce Terri and thus be forced to pay her family alimony.

[TheSarce]

Ping.

[8mmMauser]

Pinged from Terri March Dailies

8mm

[TennesseeGirl]

"In fact, God forgives ALL sin."

Actually, there is a little personal responsibility included in the forgiveness equation, i.e., confession of said sins and repentance. I've not seen signs of either.

[LaineyDee]

Exactly. :)

[Bassfan]

But, on the other hand.......he may think burning in hell is a beautiful thing.

I almost gave a LOL but will refrain due to the content under discussion. Hell, he thought starvation was just like a sunset on the Bayou.

Sick bastard

[Bassfan]

Good thing God doesn't judge like you, isn't it. In fact, God forgives ALL sin. Not that he committed any, and, at any rate, it's not for you to judge. Better brush up on your bible studies before you decide who is going to burn in hell or not.

This is perhaps the most uneducated biblical rebuke I've ever seen. God forgives those WHO REPENT.

AND he only forgives those who are his to begin with. If you are unwilling to say Michael Schiavo is in need of salvation and has sinned greatly and is STILL UNREPENTENT, then YOU need to brush up on the scriptures.

[leenie312]

Wait a minute here...God does not forgive all sin...that is a lie. God forgives only the sin we have repented of. He does not give an across the board forgiveness just because he is a loving God. Read the Bible and find out what prerequisites there are for his forgiveness. Look up the word repentance and see how that is linked to the forgiveness of sin.

It amazes me that some people actually believe this. God is a loving God but he is also a righteous one. He cannot abide sin and His word tells us the consequence of sin is death...it is not forgiveness. Forgiveness only comes from a repentant heart and a turning away from sin.

Those people who choose to sin and do not repent are in danger of the consequences...ie death. The God who overlooks sin and gives an across the board forgiveness "just because" does not exist...he is a figment of the imagination. He is not the God of the Bible.

He frowns on sin and requires us to repent before he will forgive.

[leenie312]

yes I agree and should have put that in my post...you have to be His ....

[LaineyDee]

No problemo. :)

I tend to have a strong opinion about this case. I quit a job at a long-term care facility years ago..... because I couldn't cooperate with the Dr. and Grandkids wanting to pull Granny's feeding tube. She'd become inconvenient. It amazes me how callous our society is becoming.

[cpforlife.org]

Pro-Life PING

Please FreepMail me if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.

[Brytani]

He said in that interview, in response to that exact question, that you do not "put your wife away just because she's sick".

In his mind you shack up wtih another woman, have children with her, move on with your life but still try to control the life of a woman he left and her entire family.

The man is a true psychopath.

[I still care]

Every word Michael said indicated to me he was vindictive and settling a score with Terri's parents. Heck, even his words on her grave marker were like a slap in the face.

I didn't need to hear him admit to have figured that out. The way he spoke and his attitude when he said it, along with the liberal wackiness of his lawyer, convinced me the man is bad news without even listening to his arguments.

I have him pegged for a liar anyway.

[T'wit]

>> In fact, God forgives ALL sin.

Most of them MAY be forgiven you -- IF you ask. But not all.

Matt 12:31-32
"Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

But let us read on in our Bible studies. In Matthew 25: 41-46, Jesus warns that those who deny food and water to one of his sheep will be cast into everlasting fire -- which is exactly what Michael did to Terri. There is no "maybe" to the punishment: "... these shall go away into everlasting punishment..."

Pray for Michael Schiavo, that he repents his murder before it is too late.

[T'wit]

> I've often wondered why he wouldn't walk away and let the parents take over.

He has answered that, in his fashion. He hated the Schindlers "for making his life Hell" with litigation. He hated Terri even more, as evidenced by his heartless cruelty to her all those years ("Isn't that b*tch dead yet?"). I suspect the words "I kept my promise" that he put on her memorial plaque was short for "I kept my promise to kill you, b*tch!" He didn't quite succeed on 2/25/90, but he kept trying until he did.

[Theodore R.]

Have you figured out why MRS is so popular in both the USA as a whole and in FL in particular? Is it because others similarly situated would try to kill Terri too to cllect on the insurance, estate, etc.? Maybe, the great Art Linkletter was wrong, when he said "People are funny." Maybe they are greedy, instead???

[lula]

Absolutely! It's always been about him, notice how HE was the victim not Terri. He is a self-centered, power hungry bully, who's stripes like tiger can't be removed. I am convinced we have not heard the last of this sicko.

[amdgmary]

The other woman - the new Mrs. Schiavo

Schiavos speak up about life after Terri

Schiavo: "This was the biggest right to die case in history. This will never ever go away."

After his wife's death on March 31, 2005, Mike left town for two months. He and his longtime girlfriend, Jodi Centonze, took their two young children to a friend's beach house. Mike, a registered nurse, took the extended time off from work at the Pinellas County Jail after his co-workers donated vacation days to him. They contributed so many days he gave some back.

Jodi Schiavo (formerly Centonzi) "I am not embarrassed or ashamed of who I am."

He [Schiavo] eventually asked Jodi to marry him in October 1994.

Jodi visited Terri once, in 2000. Judge George Greer ordered that the feeding tube be removed. It was supposed to be the end, and Jodi wanted to say goodbye [to Terri].

[Nathan Zachary]

Repent for what? Micheal didn't kill anyone. There is no evidence that he did, there is no evidence of abuse either. Just because a lie is repeated doesn't make it true.
The autopsy clearly shows that there was NO evidence of trauma. No "fractured bones"

An investigation was done and there was absolutely NO finding of any wrongdoing whatsoever.

You are accusing someone with absolutely NO evidence to back up your claims. What does the bible say about that? Bearing false witness?

Repentance isn't nessesary if there is no sin. Again, Micheal did not kill anyone. If he did, please tell us when he did, and who, and what evidence you have that ISN'T just speculation and rumor.

So far, it's you who need to repent. As far as Terri goes, her brain was dead. Those are the facts whether you want to accept them or not. The autospy is quite clear as to the extent of damage her vertually non- existant brain had. She was not "alive, just her body was. The body is not what gives you your humanity, your self-awareness, your conciousness. your very soul and being. See St.Augustine of Hippo (Doctor) . Her body was allowed to die as it naturaly would. Further, It was the decision of the court, after giving carefull consideration to every possible bit of evidence to prove that Terry was "alive". That was a lawfull procedure. Micheal did not have any part of that decision. He left it up to the court. He "killed" no-one. Perhaps he should sue some people for slander. Judge not, least ye be judged is what the gospels tell you, there is also something about casting stones, having a timber in your eye, etc. Repent. Be a proper christian, not a heritic. See Ambrose on repentance Whether it was the right or wrong thing to do is a matter of your own personal opinion. Ultimately, If there was any sin committed, and those who commited them do not repent, it's between them and God.

Don't let their sins, and the sin's of all the heritics drag you into the pit as well. I hope you understand what I'm trying to tell you.

[Bassfan]

Just for clarification. I wasn't busting your chops at all. If it came out that way then I ask your forgiveness. I thought what you said was right on the money and was merely commenting on it.

[FixedandDilated]

Uh oh. Now you've done it. You will hear the entire case and debate over again and again in excruciating detail.

[BibleStudier]

Judge not, least ye be judged is what the gospels tell you, there is also something about casting stones, having a timber in your eye, etc. Repent. Be a proper christian, ...

As far as being “a proper christian” goes, we would do well to heed the words of the Lord Himself, from the Gospel...

"Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?' Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

[JudgemAll]

Greer & the courts are also the co-hitmen satans in this case.

The huge cover up, of which the death of Terri contributed, falls squarely on their shoulders.

As usual lately, the courts side with evil subsidized in family & money.

Schiavo husband should be on death row & not touching a hair of the kids he "fathered", but the communist materialist terrorism of the fascist Nazi"strength & power seeking" & not morality rules the day again.

Judge Greer and his unrepenting cohorts working for him will go to hell as well as all the cult in his absurd support.

[LaineyDee]

No need to apologize! I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable in explaining why I was so passionate on the subject. :)

[JudgemAll]

Pride judgment is evil and futile, since it is suicidal & based on one's word & sinfulness.

However judgment in humility by Christ's word is acceptable.

Testing God is just as unacceptable as prophecizing on others. It is the prophecizing in lieu of God that is condemned... and the courts & Schiavo husband did that. Christ ended all prophecy on Himself.

Also calculated risks and knowledge of dangers of hell is acceptable, as the rest is hypocrite ignorance. Know who to follow & judge them by their fruits.

[LoveDoc]

I haves no idea what the hell JudgemALL is talking about (LOL!) but I will say this...

The fact that Schiavo still is willing to be in the news instead of just going....away...forever...

Suggests, he is a guilty man returning to the scene of the crime waiting for someone to finally bust him.

[Old Professer]

Society turned a corner that day, and the way back may be lost to history.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Jesus warns that those who deny food and water to one of his sheep will be cast into everlasting fire -- which is exactly what Michael did to Terri. There is no "maybe" to the punishment: "... these shall go away into everlasting punishment..."

No, that's NOT what Micheal did to Terry. You don't even know what this means, do you?

You can't just skip through the bible and take things out of context. What is Christ's food and water?
Christ's food and water is his gospel. If you would have read Mathtew 25, you'd see this is a story of spreading Christ's food and water for the soul, ie; spreading the gospel of Christ to others.

As for your other missused and missinterpreted quote, you forgot this part:

12:30. He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
" "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men."

And just what is the spirit? Do you even have a clue what this means?

The spirit of the Lord is his word, his instruction to you, his laws. If you do not believe them and follow them, If you doubt them, argue against them, change the meaning of them (as the pharasies he was speaking to did) that's unforgivable blastphemy, because you then lead everyone that follows you away from God and into damnation.

Seems you need to go back to bible study class. And you should repent for leading people astray.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Thanks for playing "I'm ignorant of Scripture."

Now run along.

[T'wit]

>> Repent for what? Micheal didn't kill anyone.

The whole world watched him do it. I'm sure you have an interesting theory why we were all mistaken?

[Nathan Zachary]

"Uh oh. Now you've done it. You will hear the entire case and debate over again and again in excruciating detail."

LoL! NO, I will not stick around for all those crazy theories and accusations.

Novatians. That about sums it up. I tried.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Repent for what?

How about adultery, for starters.

[Nathan Zachary]

Repent for leading people astray with your misinterpretations.

And no, Micheal never killed anyone. That's just a blatant lie. Also a sin. If you want to bind that sin unto yourself, that between you and God I guess. I recommend you read Ambrose if you just can't understand that.

[billbears]

Well spoken and thank you for a straight forward recap of Biblical principles. Although I wouldn't bother too much. You'll find a certain small group is automatically an expert on everything under the sun. The Bible, the Constitution, judges, tubers, case law, karate, 'Bush connections', flight....just name it.

[Nathan Zachary]

Actually, read Deut. Micheal was within bounds to take a concubine given his wife's state. And you don't know what is between him and God, and it's not your place to judge. You are supposed to forgive in fact. The whole point I'm trying to make here is that for people who preach, you sure don't follow the word yourselves. Twit there, quotes Mark 12 then does exactly what Christ is preaching to the Pharasies about, changing the word of God. Amazing.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Separated at birth...?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Micheal was within bounds to take a concubine

But in process of time the custom of concubinage degenerated, and laws were made to restrain and regulate it (Ex. 21:7-9). Christianity has restored the sacred institution of marriage to its original character, and concubinage is ranked with the sins of fornication and adultery (Matt. 19:5-9; 1 Cor. 7:2).

You're just embarrassing yourself now, at this point.

[T'wit]

>> You'll find a certain small group is automatically an expert on everything under the sun.

Set your sights high enough and you could aspire to join us.

[Nathan Zachary]

Thanks. At least the effort wasn't lost on everyone, so that makes it worthwhile.

[Nathan Zachary]

Oh, so you are speaking for Micheal, and know what faith he aspires to?

maybe he's Jewish, or a Jahovah.