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Salvatore Cordileone, has admitted his blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit when police arrested him, and has publicly apologized for “the disgrace” he has brought on the Church.
Gerard O’Connell
Rome
The Archbishop-elect of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, was jailed for 11 hours last Saturday, August 25, on suspicion of driving under the influence of drink, after failing a sobriety test administered by the police who stopped him.
In a statement issued by his diocese, Cordileone, a native of San Diego and currently bishop of Oakland, acknowledged that his blood-alcohol level was found to be over the legal limit. He apologized for his “error in judgment”, and said he felt “shame for the disgrace I have brought upon the Church and myself.”
He explained that he had dined earlier that evening with friends and another priest and was driving his mother home from the gathering when he was arrested.
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