Cardinal asks Ehrlich to spare killer's life

From: Capital (Annapolis) | Date: November 29, 2005 | Copyright information

BALTIMORE (AP) - Cardinal William Keeler made a rare prison visit yesterday to tell a convicted killer awaiting execution that the leaders of three Catholic archdioceses serving the state are asking the governor to spare his life.

Cardinal Keeler, the archbishop of Baltimore, prayed at the prison with Wesley Baker and advised him of the clemency request. The visit - the prelate's first to an inmate awaiting execution - was "a very prayerful, spiritual moment," the cardinal said.

"He seemed very grateful," the cardinal said.

Cardinal Keeler, Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Bishop ...

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