..Sutton said he got to know Cook over the summer before her consecration. \u201cHaving worked with her for a couple of months,\u201d\u009d he said he suspected she was drunk at a private dinner given two days before her scheduled ordination.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt that moment something clicked. There was this, and there was her DUI in 2010,\u201d\u009d he said, referring to her arrest for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia as well as drunk driving in Caroline County, Md.<\/p>\n
He said he did the \u201conly thing I could do, canonically\u201d\u009d \u201d\u201c he shared his suspicions with Bishop Jefferts Schori, who had also attended the private dinner party with her husband.<\/p>\n
\u201cClearly the presiding bishop agreed with my assessment that. . . we want to make sure that this is nipped in the bud before it becomes a problem,\u201d\u009d Sutton said last night.<\/p>\n
A Lavish Ceremony<\/b><\/p>\n
But by all accounts, Heather Cook\u2019s suspected alcoholism was not mentioned on September 6 when 10 bishops and nearly 1,000 worshippers participated at her ordination at the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore.<\/p>\n
During the lavish ceremony, Bishop Jefferts Schori spoke out the words: \u201cIf any of you know of any reason why we should not proceed, let it now be made known.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
With no objections made, Jefferts Schori then announced it was the will of the people for Cook to be made bishop. Sutton followed later with an official welcome to the new bishop.<\/p>\n