Rev. Andrew Greeley, priest outspoken on Catholic hierarchy, dies at 85

UNITED STATES
New York Daily News

BY CORKY SIEMASZKO / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013

The Rev. Andrew Greeley, the outspoken Catholic priest and newspaper columnist who ripped his own church for covering up the child sex abuse scandal, died Wednesday. He was 85.

Greeley died in his sleep at his Chicago apartment in the swanky John Hancock Center, his spokeswoman June Rosner said.

The popular priest had been in declining health for last five years after fracturing his skull in a freak accident when his jacket snagged on a taxi cab door and he was pulled to the pavement.

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