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I inadvertently posted my last reply to you to myself (I told you my eyes were crossing!). I wanted to add, though, that I'll bet the wide availability of computers made the development possible (figuring trajectories, etc.), but I don't have a lot of scientific background.
55 posted on 04/26/2004 2:31:47 PM PDT by maryz
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Here are few other details published by WTOL-TV Toledo,
Sister Margaret Ann Pahl wasn't just some "nun from hospital," she "was a former director of the hospital's nursing school and also was an administrator at hospitals in Toledo and Tiffin." In other words, she knew many hospital workers, of whom some could be friends and some enemies.

There is also mention of the murder "weapon" in the article, "Investigators determined that the killer used a small knife."

Another article "Quiet cleric not well-known..." in the Toledo Blade says the following,

The Rev. Gerald John Robinson was born in Toledo, ordained in Toledo, and served as a priest in Toledo for nearly 40 years. But he is a quiet man and a loner and few priests or neighbors seem to know him very well. "He was not much of a socializer," said the Rev. Joseph Jaros, a retired Toledo priest.

Father Robinson, charged Friday night with the murder of a nun, was ordained in 1964, the same year as the Rev. Martin Donnelly. But Father Donnelly said last night that he does not really know Father Robinson.

Most of the priests in the class of 1964 went to Mount St. Mary Seminary in Cincinnati, while Father Robinson attended seminary in Orchard Lake, Mich., Father Donnelly said.

Edward and Martha Wesley, who live around the corner from Father Robinson's tidy brick home at 1401 Nebraska Ave., said they rarely talked to him.

"It was a shock," Mr. Wesley, 85, said of the cleric's arrest.

Mrs. Wesley, 83, said she and her husband used to chat with Father Robinson's parents, Mary and John, both now deceased, and that Mary Robinson was a member of the Altar Society at St. Hyacinth Church and was proud to have a son in the priesthood.

"People I know say that Father Robinson is good to the elderly," Mrs. Wesley said. "As far as I know, he was very well liked by the elderly."

The Wesleys, who have lived on Kopernik Avenue since 1950, said they sometimes saw the priest mow the grass or work in his flower-lined yard, but that he rarely, if ever, interacted with neighbors.

One woman who has lived next door to the priest for eight years said Father Robinson basically ignored her and her family.

The 66-year-old priest never said a word, not even a "hello," said Jackie Powell.

Jim Floyd, business manager of St. Joseph's Parish in Sylvania, barely remembers Father Robinson, who served as associate pastor there from 1989 to 1990.

"He's very devout. Kind of quiet," Mr. Floyd said. "He seemed like a nice enough guy."

Father Robinson has been serving St. Joseph's, making hospital calls to visit sick parishioners and serving Mass at nearby nursing homes, Mr. Floyd said.

Attorney John Thebes, hired yesterday to represent Father Robinson, said he has known the priest since he was a child when Father Robinson served as associate pastor of Christ the King Church from 1969 to 1972.

"The community at large, everybody to a person, says he's a gentle guy, a nonviolent person, and that this is really out of character," Mr. Thebes said.


57 posted on 04/26/2004 10:03:44 PM PDT by heyheyhey
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