Word: reverend
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...must search for answers," counseled the Reverend Edward Casey at the eulogy of 22-year-old Jeremy Giordano, one of the two victims in the recent "pizza killings." This is not all that unusual a thing to say at a funeral. Death often comes by surprise, leaving survivors to puzzle out a meaning. Somehow, though, this death is more capricious than most--more shocking in its suddenness. As Dennis O'Leary, the prosecutor assigned to the case, has said, "There's a randomness to it, I think that a lot of people find very unsettling and scary...
Without such a motive, the important question becomes: why these men in particular? Giordano's parents have had a remarkable response. "They are not very angry about this now," said Reverend Casey, "They're hoping and praying that, because this happened to their son, maybe that means it saved someone else...
...Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Plummer professor of Christian morals, conducted the service, during which former colleagues and present administrators reflected on their work with Bundy...
...thought it was very interesting to hear the different perspectives provided by Reverend Gomes and Professor Salisbury," said Dianna L. Doucette, assistant in repatriation for New England at the Peabody Museum...
...talk," and that "the words 'Lord Runcie of Cuddesdon will speak on religious matters' did not appear in the pre-talk publicity." Since when does the Church have to inform people that its Sunday services are religious? Is it any secret? Mr. Gomes is, after all, not only the Reverend of the Memorial Church but also Plummer Professor of Christian Morals...