Matt C. Abbott
Cardinal Raymond Burke's gracious email to me
By Matt C. Abbott
Early last month, I felt inspired to email Cardinal Raymond Burke a short note along with a relatively recent column of mine regarding the unsolved 1998 murder of Father Alfred Kunz. Father Kunz was a priest-canonist of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin; Cardinal Burke was bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin from 1995 to 2003.
From Madison.com:
January 22, 2018
Early last month, I felt inspired to email Cardinal Raymond Burke a short note along with a relatively recent column of mine regarding the unsolved 1998 murder of Father Alfred Kunz. Father Kunz was a priest-canonist of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin; Cardinal Burke was bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin from 1995 to 2003.
From Madison.com:
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Kunz's murder shocked the Catholic community, and rumors abounded as to why he was killed. He was a controversial figure within the church who had a regional following of adherents who traveled to
Dane for his Latin masses. He was also known to perform exorcisms. Investigators focused for a time on the possibility that his uncompromising conservative views could have sparked the attack....
The Kunz murder investigation has likely been the most expensive and time-consuming in the history of the Sheriff's Office, with some of the evidence 'double-checked and even triple-checked by different laboratories,' including the state Crime Lab, the FBI crime laboratory and independent labs....
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Praised be Jesus Christ!
Dear Matt,
Thank you so much for remembering me with a copy of your latest article on the late Father Alfred Kunz whom I knew quite well. Thank you for what you have written.
I am deeply grateful for your good wishes for a blessed Advent. I wish the same for you and your family. May God bless you and all your labors.
Please continue to pray for me.
Yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and in the Purest Heart of Saint Joseph,
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
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