Coroner to Release Findings in Bevilacqua Death Investigation

WFMZ
March 7, 2012

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The Montgomery County coroner will hold a news conference Thursday to discuss his findings in the investigation of Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua's death.

Dr. Walter Hofman said he will release the cause and manner of the former Philadelphia archbishop's death during a meeting with the media in Norristown.

Prosecutors asked Hoffman to investigate Bevilacqua's Jan. 31 death because of it coming just a day after Bevilacqua was found competent to testify at a high-profile church sex abuse trial.

District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman, however, said she did not want "speculation swirling" about how Bevliacqua died, adding that there was no criminal investigation of his death under way.

Before he died, Bevilacqua was determined by a judge to be competent to testify at the child endangerment trial of Monsignor William Lynn.