Priest, counselor to terminally ill dies from injuries BABITA PERSAUD St. Petersburg Times May 10, 2004 The Rev. Gerard F. Murphy, a Catholic priest whose work with terminally ill patients led to his outspokenness on the right to die, died Friday (May 7, 2004) after a traffic accident. He was 50. Father Murphy was struck by a car in the parking lot of a Tampa shopping center earlier last week, said his brother, Kevin P. Murphy of St. Petersburg. He died from those injuries at Tampa General Hospital. As a Catholic priest for the Diocese of St. Petersburg, the Rev....