“It wasn't just one thing that led the Rev. Paul Scaglione to devote so much of his ministry to the terminally and the chronically ill over his 40 years as a Roman Catholic priest.
“There was his own near-fatal diabetic coma four decades ago. There was the unexplained paralysis of his mother, for whom he cared for many years. There was his confrontation with a deep betrayal he suffered when abused as a child by a priest.
“And then there were the visits to the sick and dying, many of them isolated – and often estranged – from any loved ones. He became determined that ‘no one should die alone and forgotten.’”
A recent USA Today article profiled Father Scaglione, pastor of Saint Barnabas Parish, Louisville, KY, and his ministry to those who are dying.
To access the complete USA Today report, please visit:
USA Today: Ky. priest captures tales of dying (9 SEP 13)
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