Peoria, Illinois
Archbishop Sheen’s body will be moved as appeal fails
The body of Venerable Fulton Sheen will be moved to Peoria, after a legal challenge by the Archdiocese of New York was finally defeated. The New York Supreme Court had already ruled in favour of Peoria diocese; New York archdiocese has been refused permission to appeal.
Sheen’s niece Joan Cunningham, his closest living relative, said that he would have wanted to be in Peoria, as the diocese is taking forward his Cause for canonisation. New York, where Archbishop Sheen died and was buried, declined to explore the Cause. The five-year dispute over the whereabouts of Sheen’s body has delayed things, but a claimed miracle has cleared the first hurdle of Vatican approval.
