MARYLAND
The Baltimore Sun
By Jessica Anderson
The Baltimore Sun
Episcopal Church leaders meeting in Linthicum on Friday said they are awaiting details of a police investigation into the fatal accident involving Bishop Suffragan Heather Cook, in which a prominent Baltimore cyclist was killed.
Thomas Palermo, who was cycling in North Roland Park on the afternoon of Dec. 27, died after being struck by a vehicle. The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland identified Cook as the driver. The Baltimore state’s attorney’s office announced Friday to charge Cook with manslaughter.
Cook was elected last year Bishop Suffragan, the No. 2 position in the Maryland diocese.
Neva Rae Fox, a spokeswoman for the national leadership, said church officials will look at the process used for vetting candidates for bishop positions, but that the church is still waiting to learn information about the incident involving Cook.
“There is a process that guided the search committee. Everything is being looked at right now. We have no answers yet,” she said.
Fox said that church is continuing its own investigation of which the details will remain confidential until it is complete. She said it is unclear when the investigation will conclude.
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