Bishop Thomas Olmsted
At today’s 10:00 a.m. press conference, the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix stripped St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center of its “Catholic” status. The result stemmed from a controversy between Bishop Thomas Olmsted and the hospital over a procedure that the bishop has called an abortion.
We wrote earlier about the situation here.
The full story is here.
AZ Attorney 
December 21, 2010 at 10:58 am
Bummer. That lessens the irony of being treated at the Muhammad Ali Center in a Catholic hospital.
December 21, 2010 at 11:15 am
Ouch. Floats like a butterfly and stings like a bishop.
December 21, 2010 at 11:45 am
Good for you, Bishop Olmsted!
August 26, 2011 at 7:17 am
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