Michael Schiavo Bans Catholic Priests From Terri's Bedside
CLEARWATER, FL, Aug. 20, 2003 -- Last Friday evening, Monsignor Thaddeus Malanowski of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, stopped by Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater to see Terri Schiavo, whom he had visited many times while she was in hospice care. The Catholic priest gave Terri the Sacraments of Absolution and Healing as he had on many occasions.