Nuns, priests among mourners at church funeral for Ohio priest convicted of nun's 1980 slaying
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A few nuns joined about 200 mourners for the funeral of a Roman Catholic priest convicted of killing an Ohio nun in 1980.
A full funeral Mass was held Friday in Toledo for the Rev. Gerald Robinson. He died July 4 in a prison hospice at age 76.
The Blade newspaper reports that among the people attending the service were priests, deacons and nuns from across the Toledo diocese.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Organizations that help victims of clergy abuse are upset that the diocese observed the usual protocol for priest's funeral.
Robinson was serving a life prison sentence for strangling Sister Margaret Ann Pahl at the hospital where they worked. He was barred from ministry but remained a priest because he was still appealing his conviction.