"a Catholic priest whose work with terminally ill patients led to his outspokenness on the right to die" -- how sad that this Catholic priest who worked with the terminally ill apparently confused Terri with a terminally ill patient.
Terri is most certainly NOT terminally ill.
NOT brain dead, NOT in a coma.
How dare anyone, especially someone in a position of trust as he was, intentionally misrepresent her.
'A great many Catholics, as well as people of all faiths, don't understand the difference between letting nature take its course and actively doing something to end your life, like going to Dr. Jack Kevorkian,' he told the Times. 'The message that I would hope to communicate is the importance of showing compassion. People don't understand the definition. Compassion doesn't mean to kill suffering people."
How on earth could he have testified for HINO if this was his belief?
There is such a world of difference between a person who has brain damage but is stable and someone who is terminally ill.