I read with interest the report of Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton's "apology" regarding his role in the selection process of Heather Cook as bishop ("Bishop apologizes for oversights in Cook case," Feb. 18).
The Rt. Rev. Sutton wrote "[I'm] sorry I was unable to recognize warning signs of her illness." Yet in an official church "timeline of events" in the Cook case, he says he "suspected" Ms. Cook of being drunk at a dinner two nights before she was consecrated as a bishop, and this, of course, occurred long after he learned of her arrest for DUI and other charges years earlier.
One is tempted to wonder whether Bishop Sutton is a knave or a fool.
Thomas Spencer, White Hall