Future San Francisco archbishop apologizes for ‘disgrace’ caused by arrest
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Archbishop-designate Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is apologizing for his “error in judgment” and asking forgiveness for the disgrace he brought upon the Church and himself by being arrested for drunk driving.
“I apologize for my error in judgment and feel shame for the disgrace I have brought upon the Church and myself. I will repay my debt to society and I ask forgiveness from my family and my friends and co-workers at the Diocese of Oakland and the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Archbishop Cordileone said in an Aug. 27 statement provided to CNA.
“I pray that God, in His inscrutable wisdom, will bring some good out of this,” he added.
According to the future San Francisco archbishop, the incident occurred after he had dinner in San Diego with some of his friends and a priest friend who was visiting from overseas.
His mother, who lives near San Diego State University, was also at the dinner. While the archbishop was driving his mother to her house, which is located near San Diego State University, he passed through a DUI checkpoint the police had set up.
The police found Archbishop Cordileone to be over California’s legal blood alcohol level and he was taken to the county jail. The legal blood alcohol limit for California is 0.08 percent.
San Diego police spokesperson, Detective Gary Hassen, confirmed for CNA Aug. 27 that Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone was arrested just after midnight on Aug. 25. He was released on bail just before noon that same day, Hassen said.
Archbishop Cordileone was announced as the replacement for Archbishop George H. Niederauer on July 27, 2012. He will officially become the San Francisco archbishop when he is installed on Oct. 4.
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All I can say to your postings is thank God that I do not have to depend on your friendship, for with friends like you no one would ever need enemies. The man made a mistake just like thousands of others who have made the same mistake- He has admitted his error in judgement and asked forgiveness of those who are adversly affected by his error and no I am not saying that it is in anyway OK. However, what more do you people want? Blood! Give it a rest already, please. Jesus said on one occassion “He who is without sin can cast the first stone”. Who here is without sin? Blag, is it you. Maybe it is Tony or Thomas. Perhaps John, Florian or Jo. Would the person without sin please stand up…actually you can bend down and pick up that rock you would like to throw at the good clergy man.
Catholic Lady the guy needs help. What I have been suggesting all along is that he gets help. Help so that he doesn’t get behind the wheel again and possibly kill someone. It would be wrong to pat this guy. On the head and say ok father, we forgive you now run along like nothing. What the bisop did was not sin it was sick. Alcoholism is an illness not a moral problem.
O Lord, here we go again!
I wonder if he thought that because he was Archbishop no one would ticket him. I don’t think that a guy who exercised such poor judgement as to get behind a wheel when he was over the legal limit should be an altar boy never mind be given a position of leadership.
Did the archbishop’s mother attempt to dissuade him from driving? If indeed she drove the car home after her son the archbishop was arrested, perhaps she’s the one who should have been driving all along.
Everyone who registered over the legal limit (.08)that night, no matter what their vocation, represents a problem for the rest of us – to make the decision that it is OK for me to drive after drinking – perhaps the Bishop can turn this into a media plus – speaking out that it is not OK to drive under the influence
Like Jim, I agree that we should not judge, nor condemn, but forgive. True he made a mistake (and we all do!), but he accepts it. Being from San Diego and having heard him talk, he is a good man and a good servant of God. All we should do is pray for all our priests.
Yes of course we should not condemn him, and forgive him, and in that vain I suggest he take time off so he can deal with his alcohol problem and not degenerate further into a drunken bishop.
probably best not to take promotion and stand down in Oakland too ~ Give good example Bishop and be humble
These big ego types are like the Pharesees of old who think the are above the law and too damn important to step down to take care of his alcohol problem. Too bad
Another “priest”, this time a bishop, who thinks he is above the law. And will probably still be named to the SanFran post. Do as I say not as I do.
Tom, hopefully the public will read this guy for what he is, a hypocrite who will drink and get behind the wheel. I’ll bet he did it before, only this time, he got caught.
The judge usually sentences a person who drinks and drives to community service as restitution for having broken a law. And this drunken archbishop broke the law when he got behind the wheel over the limit.
It would be best for the Archbishop if he took some time off and concentrated on his problem with alcohol, got into program, and worked the Tweleve steps of AA.
He also need to make restitution to society for his crime of drinking and driving.
Really, Tony? Restitution for what? Who did he injure? What did he break? Restitution restores something broken or taken — but the bishop broke nothing and took nothing. Perhaps he took some trust in him from his flock — but he restituion for that was his apology and acknoweldgment he was in the wrong. Your hatred for the successrs of the apostles reveals itself in your harshness with this man.
Also, to conclude he has a problem with alcohol on this basis of this one incident is ridiculous — and frankly I don’t care how many brainwashed drug and alcohol professionals you can find to agree with you. Drug and alcohol professionals have only one answer: “yes, you’re an alcoholic. Remember that time you looked at that bottle of beer in the store? That reveals your underlying, not-yet-manifest alcoholism.”
There is no evidence that the archbishop is an alcoholic just from one incident. Anyone can get carried away at a party.
Driving under the influence is no small matter like taking a cookie worm the cookie jar. He got behind a wheel of a very heavy machine, while over the alcohol limit, making the car into a deadly weapon. He could have killed someone. He obviously has a problem………at the very least it is with exercising sound judgement. He is not bisop material.
Jim, I don’t think you take drunk driving importantly enough. Even driving drunk one time can kill or injure other people, and even once IS a problem. While I think you are correct that this one incident does not indicate alcoholism, I do think this is a serious issue for which he should seek help to prevent any future errors in judgment.
It is only by luck that he did not kill or injure anybody or any property. Nobody is above the law, and nobody is immune to the effects of alcohol.