Sheen is about to be beatified by the Vatican– a step toward Sainthood. The Beatification Ceremony will take place in Peoria since Peoria’s Bishop Daniel Jenky was the Promoter for the Cause of Sainthood for Sheen. According to the New York Times, New York church officials object to moving the remains, saying that it was Sheen’s personal wish to be permanently buried beneath the high altar of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. They are apparently willing however to allow Sheen’s remains to be moved temporarily to Peoria for the Beatification Ceremony, but then returned to New York. The complaint (full text attached to press release) in Cunningham v. Trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, (Sup. Ct. NY County, filed 6/13/2016), contends that:
Last Monday, the niece of the late Archbishop Fulton J. Shee n filed suit in a New York state trial court seeking to have Sheen’s body, which is now buried in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, disinterred and moved to a cathedral in Peoria, Illinois. Sheen was […]
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