Mystery Priest

On August 4 rescuers desperately freeing Katie Lenz from her mangled car at an accident site in Missouri were astonished when a priest who had come to offer comfort suddenly seemed to disappear. Now a priest whose face closely matches that of that of an artists’ impression of the mystery man has come forward and identified himself as the priest who stopped to reassure the rescuers and give comfort to the woman trapped in the damaged car. According to a press release from the Diocese of Jefferson City, he is Father Patrick Dowling, a Diocesan Priest.
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The Kansas City Star reports that a priest appeared at the scene of a car accident in Missouri, reassured the trapped victim and rescuers that she would be all right, then disappeared. Rescuers were mystified because the highway was blocked and the priest would have had to walk over a quarter of a mile across the flat terrain in order to leave the scene. They are at a loss as to how he disappeared, and are requesting that he come forward and identify himself. Some are calling it a miracle, but it’s also possible that the rescuers were too busy with the effort they were making to notice his departure. He came with anointing oil in hand, reassured the victim and the rescuers, exerting what witnesses are calling a ‘calming effect,’ then was gone.
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