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You know, none of what's been reported about it makes much sense to me. Including the "blood transfer patterns" part. How would this be clearer today than at the time of the crime 24 years ago?

And without any motive? Why would a priest commit a murder on an old nun with a letter opener, then put the "weapon" in his desk and live in the town for the next 24 years knowing he's remained the only murder suspect?

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Plain Dealer (what a "fair and balanced" name!) from Cleveland, OH reports the following today,

Murder in the chapel

04/29/04

Catherine Gabe
Plain Dealer Reporter

Toledo - The details are both lurid and unfathomable. A priest accused of stabbing a nun to death more than two decades ago. Allegations of satanic rituals. Suggestions of a diocese cover- up.

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Vercellotti says, "The diocese had the most information and did the least with it."

It has been widely published that the woman's allegations include being made to lie in a casket of cockroaches, eat a human eyeball and witness the slaying of a child and dogs.

Though the abuse allegations had nothing to do with the murder, it turned out to be "almost like throwing something at a dart board across a span of 24 years and it hit a bull's-eye," Vercellotti said. "It underscores how important it is for victims to come forward."

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The sacristy and chapel have taken on an almost mythical sense, with some reports saying Pahl was found lying on the altar, arms crossed, altar vestments across her, candles lit.

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To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
cgabe@plaind.com 1-800-767-2821

Cathy too had the urge to be "fair and balanced" in her report. So, she wrote the dramatic title "Murder in the chapel" although the murder happened in a sacristy. She quoted someone talking about a "bull's-eye" in the case - so we already know the murderer, thank you Cathy.

And finally, Cathy could not pass up the opportunity to remind her readers that the corpse "was found lying on the altar, arms crossed, altar vestments across her, candles lit." Cathy, being a good reporter, "fair and balanced," and probably knowing by today that the last dramatic bit is a pure BS, preceded it with the "some reports saying..."

Dear Cathy, you deserve a long career in the journalistic profession. Crowds are hungry for your "fair and balanced" reports.