Released bishop talks of China imprisonment
HONG KONG (UPI) — Roman Catholic Bishop James Edward Walsh talked with his brother and sisters in the United States for the first time in 10 years Sunday in a family reunion by telephone, thanking them for their spiritual support during his imprisonment in Communist China.
The 79-year-old missionary from Cumberland, Md. was released Friday after 12 years in jail in Shanghai. He was charged with spying by the Communist Chinese.
"At 8:50 p.m. this evening, Bishop Walsh spoke to his four sisters and his one brother, gathered together in the United States, by telephone for 34 minutes," Fr. Paul Torrens, superintendent of the hospital where Walsh is staying, said in a statement. "He thanked them for their
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prayers and the letters which he said sustained him while in prison," he said.
"He particularly thanked his brother, William, for his visit to him in jail in Shanghai in 1960. Today is the first time that Bishop Walsh has talked to any member of his family in 10 years. For some of them, it has been 20 years since the last time they spoke with him," the statement said.
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It said the Maryknoll priest spent another quiet day, mostly resting in bed.
NEW YORK—Young drivers again caused more than their share of the automobile accidents in 1968, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The 20.9 per cent of the nation's motorists who are under age 25, were involved as drivers in 34.6 per cent of all reported accidents and 33.9 per cent of all fatal crashes.
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