New York City, N.Y., Jun 15, 2018 / 11:21 am
The Archdiocese of New York announced on Friday that the Trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral are appealing a court decision that would allow Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen's body to be moved to Peoria, Ill., as his cause for beatification proceeds.
The Trustees, who oversee archdiocesan seminaries, "believe that the recent court case concerning the earthly remains of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was again incorrectly decided, and will seek an appeal of that decision along with a stay on moving the remains while the appellate court considers the case," said a June 15 statement.
"At issue in the case, as the appellate court noted in its reversal of the trial court's original decision, is what were Archbishop's Sheen's personal wishes concerning his final resting place," the statement said.
"As Trustees, it is our responsibility to respect those wishes, and we believe that this most recent decision once again fails to consider those wishes and instead relies on the speculation and conjecture of others."