[AnAmericanMother]

But the forms of address are as close as your dictionary (or the internet).

I am just highly suspicious of somebody calling himself a lawyer who would write such a sloppy letter full of errors to a high official of the church. It makes no sense at all. Lawyers are totally anal-retentive about this sort of stuff. (My boss and I have spent as much as 15 minutes discussing where to put a comma.)

[secret garden]

You would love reading Lynn Truss' book, Eats, Shoots and Leaves.