Press Release
Office of the Bishop
Evangelical
Catholic
Diocese of the Northwest
Chicago, Illinois
Office: 773-721-5383 Fax: 773-721-2581
Email:
diocesenw@evangelicalcatholicchurch.org
February 17, 2011
Chicago, Illinois - For
Immediate Release
Diocese Calls for Reforms
for
Cook County Indigent Burials
The Evangelical Catholic Diocese of the Northwest joins
with Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart in calling for reforms in the
disrespectful practices used by Cook County for the burials of indigent
persons.
Reports that the remains of as many of as 26 infants were
buried in the same wooden box at Homewood Memorial Gardens along with
assorted unknown limbs and bones, is a callus act of disrespect for the dead
and the Diocese calls for an end to such practices.
The Diocese also calls for the Commissioners of the Cook
County Board to consider enacting new ordinances prevents such actions from
taking place in the future.
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Welcoming Community of Faith Rooted in the Catholic Tradition”