Father Perez’s death was totally unexpected, and at the time of the writing of this purported letter he would not know if his sister would pre-decease him or not. It makes no sense whatsoever that he would supposedly give only one copy to one person.
If any such letter actually existed, Father Perez would have given a copy to Father Starbuck and several key members of the parish, but not to the four school board members because that would appear to be an obvious conflict of interest. (Look we found this letter which gives us total control!)
The following have yet to be verified:
Whether this purported "letter" actually exists or not,
whether this purported "letter" was actually written by Father Perez or not,
whether this purported "letter" was ever in the hands of Father Perez's sister or not.
Given the earlier versions of the school board’s stories, strong reasons exist to doubt their veracity.
Cogent arguments, Cera! Thank you.
The "School Board" should be asked to make a copies of this "handwritten letter" and attach it to every OLHC Sunday bulletin to be handed out after Mass to ALL the faithful at the chapel!
THE only way to really find out if this "letter" was actually written by Fr. Perez is to have a forensic handwriting expert analyze it and compare it to ANY previous handwritten examples from Fr. Perez that have nothing to do with "The Board." Judging by their ongoing and past behavior, there are indeed "strong reasons [that] exist to doubt their veracity."
If "The Board" has indeed nothing to hide, then they should prove that they indeed... have
NOTHING TO HIDE!BTW, it is a "red flag" (IF TRUE) that "The Board" had refused to take questions after the meeting (
WHY?). This after the lights were turned out, and the faithful were abruptly told that the meeting had ended!! If anyone who is reading this and was present at the meeting, please verify that this indeed was what happened?