Associated Press, carried in KOB
August 15, 2007
http://kob.com/article/stories/S167846.shtml?cat=504
Albuquerque - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup is insisting its bishop was injured when he fell down the stairs at his home, despite speculation he might have been assaulted.
Bishop Donald Pelotte was taken to the hospital last month with heavy bruising across his chest, arms, knuckles, legs and feet. Physicians called police but the bishop told them he had fallen.
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Questions remain about why the 62-year-old Pelotte was found in his locked bedroom at the top of the stairs, why he had be persuaded to go to the hospital and whether the diocese is trying to cover up the incident.
Deacon Tim Lujan tells the Catholic News Service that his comments to police the day he found Pelotte were misconstrued. He says he didn't mean to speculate that the bishop was assaulted.
Lujan says the bishop has recurring minor bouts of malaria and those recurrences can make him dizzy and weak so it's entirely believable that the bishop slipped while heading down the stairs in the dark.
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