Break in ‘unholy’ cold case: Police arrest former beauty queen’s priest in her 1960 killing

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Break in ‘unholy’ cold case: Police arrest former beauty queen’s priest in her 1960 killing
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Fifty-six years ago, a young schoolteacher went to church during Holy Week and never came home. This was Irene Garza, a 25-year-old, dark-haired belle of McAllen, Tex., who was once named Miss All South Texas Sweetheart. She was her high school’s homecoming queen, the first person in her family to graduate from college and a teacher for disadvantaged children…

…Suspicion lived on mostly in disbelieving whispers: How could a priest commit such an act, after all? It was so unholy…MORE:
 
Such a sad case. Poor girl. May she rest in peace and her family see justice done for her.

Do you think Catholics don’t know that priests can commit crimes? We know perfectly well that they are fallible human beings. Temptations are greater for those who have the care of others, be it priests, teachers, doctors, lawyers, counselors, and so on. This didn’t surprise me, only saddens me for all involved

Indeed, many people have put priests on too high a pedestal, making them into demi-gods, which is neither true nor helpful to the priest or those under his authority. Those days are gone… Cases like this (and of abuse) have brought about changes to how men are formed for the priesthood. Still any man may have deep-seated problems that don’t surface on time–not just in the Church but in other areas of service-oriented careers, as well.

Clearly Mr. Feit should never have been ordained as witnessed by his assault on another woman and, in part, by his leaving the priesthood to marry–the celibate life wasn’t for him. I hope he gets his day in court, and if he did do this heinous crime, that he pays the penalty under the law, as should anyone who abuses their position of power.
 
So very sad. These types of crimes know no religious, socio-economic, or cultural boundaries. They happen all the time in our society. I can remember as a small girl when all crimes, especially of this nature, were so shocking and appalling we weren’t allowed to speak of them, as children. Now it’s almost as if there is a sense of desensitization anymore. Sad. My prayers go out to the family of this poor victim.
 
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