Your recent article of on the hiring of Heather Cook as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland left me wondering who in the diocese was running the show ("Episcopal leader suspected Cook was drunk days before ordination," Feb. 3).
Ms. Cook reportedly was "encouraged" to share her DUI information with the people who would vote for her, but she chose not to. The diocese at that point should have refused to recommend her.
There also seemed to have been scant understanding of alcoholism as a disease and a lot of fear about prodding Ms. Cook on where she stood in her recovery.
Finally, Bishop Eugene Sutton's account of querying parishioners about DUIs in their own past sounded asinine and illogical, since I presume that no one in that group was applying to be a bishop.
I am embarrassed and angered over being in the pews of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. There are still too many unanswered questions about the tragic aftermath of this ill-advised hiring.
Dorian Borsella