A Catholic Church official in the Miami Herald: “‘The jail time, the illness brought a lot of wisdom,’ (Rev. Reginald) Jean-Mary of Notre Dame said. ‘I wish he had developed it earlier.’”

This baldface condemnation and attact of Pere Gerry for the time he spent unjustly accused as a political prisoner in a foul Haitian prison for seven months. This awful circumstance led to his fatal illness! He was rushed to a Florida hospital in critical condition after having contracted leukemia in jail.

Why didn’t the Catholic Church speak up when he was beaten and thrown in jail unjustly?

Why didn’t they speak up when he asked for their help to be released while he languished without charges in jail – the charges eventually being dropped?

When he asked to leave a Florida hospital while critically ill and dying for non-payment of his hospital bill where were the pious Catholics then?

I doubt that even the kind, gentle and caring Father Gerry would appreciate the Church’s attempt to exploit his death with their self-serving back-handed *praise*. Father Gerry’s colleagues at Veye Yo and the Haitian community certainly don’t.