Hopes buoyed in the Diocese of Peoria by a November 17 court ruling allowing Archbishop Fulton Sheen's family to transfer the sainthood candidate's remains from New York to Peoria were tempered by an emergency stay being granted to the Archdiocese of New York, which planned to appeal the ruling.
In a 10-page decision, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arlene Bluth had granted the request of Archbishop Sheen's niece, Joan Sheen Cunningham, to have the remains of the famed orator and media pioneer removed from St Patrick's Cathedral in New York and transferred to St Mary's Cathedral in Peoria, where a crypt is being prepared for his re-interment.
