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PAGE 12 — The Georgia Bulletin, May 21, 1987 Priests' Appointments (Continued from page 1) REVEREND RICHARD A. KIERAN, from pastor at Saint Joseph’s, Athens, to administrator at the Cathedral of (’hrist the King, Atlanta. REVEREND JOSEPH L. PEACOCK, from paro chial vicar at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, to pastor at the new parish to be established in North Ful ton County. REVEREND RICHARD P. WISE, from parochial vicar at Corpus Christi, Stone Mountain, to pastor at Saints Peter and Paul, Decatur PAROC HIAL VIC AR ASSIGNMENTS REVEREND JOHN P. FARRELLY. from Holy Family, Marietta, to Saint Jude s in Atlanta. Father Kieran ...to Cathedral REVEREND ANTONIO JOSE GUTIERREZ, from the Diocese of Cartage. Colombia, to Immaculate Heart of Mary, Atlanta. REVEREND MONSIGNOR JOHN F. McDONOUGH. V.G., from administrator at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, to parochial vicar at Holy Spirit, Atlanta. REVEREND JAMES F. MURRAY, from Sacred Heart. 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Father Adams ...new pastor Father Dillon ...new pastor SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS REVEREND BRENT A. BOHAN, from parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary to service in the Archdiocese of Miami. REVEREND ALAN M. DILLMANN, from pastor of Holy Spirit to chaplain at Grady Hospital and at the Fulton County Jail. REVEREND WAYNE H. DYER, from parochial vicar at Saint Philip Benizi, Jonesboro, to regular chaplain service in the Navy. REVEREND RAY MOND F. HORAN, from pastor at Saints Peter and Paul, Decatur, to a one year sabbatical. REVEREND LUZERNE A. SCHNUPP. from paro chial vicar at Saint Cath erine of Siena. Kennesaw. to an assignment in the Dio cese of Nashville (his home diocese). NOTICE: The pastoral care of Saint John Vianney Parish in Lithia Springs will be turned over to the Saint Anthony of Padua Province of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Father Peacock ...to new parish Father Wise ...new pastor Medical Professor Warns Hospitals May Be Compromising Service To Poor BY TRACY EARLY NEW YORK (NO — Prominent Catholic physician Ed mund D. Pellegrino warned in a May 17 address that some Catholic hospitals w'ere letting economic pressures drive them into compromising on their Christian obligation to serve the poor. Pellegrino, who is professor of medicine and director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, made the remarks in a keynote address at a seminar for Catholic hospital administrators at St. John's University in New York. He declined to identify any specific institutions, but in the address and an interview afterward he said he had observ ed "trends and tendencies" toward practices such as screening to limit the number of poor patients and certain categories of patients, such as drug addicts. Catholic hospitals, as well as other Catholic institutions, should cease to exist rather than compromise their prin ciples if the choice comes to that, said the practicing physi cian, who was president of The Catholic University of America in Washington in 1978-82. He said practical steps could be taken that would enable The Piano Tuning Company featuring "Total Piano Carol" Tuning — Repairs Rebuilding Refinishing ‘Over 30 yrs. exp.* P.C. Boyd, 458-3858 ‘5.00 Off With This Ad We I)o Our Own Work Kevin 396-4620 Dry Wall Repair No Job Too Small Climer Moving & Storage Moving??? When It's Your Move Let Us Know [Quality work done, that will [not be underpriced. Free Estimates, References Call Ron Climer, Owner 493-9153 Custom Made Suits for Ladies and Gentlemen Alfredo Avino, Prop. 233-6643 Tux*do Festival Shopping Contor 3655 Rotwoll Rd. Suit* 202 Catholics to continue their healing ministry on Christian principles. In an interview, Pellegrino voiced confidence that Catholic hospitals could survive without violating their principles on issues such as abortion where they may ex perience legal and community pressures from a pluralistic society. But in his address, he focused on economic pressures to compromise Christian principles of service for the sake of institutional survival. “I detest the notion of a health care industry," Pellegrino said. "It is reprehensible." Health care is not production of a "commodity" but ministry to people whose ability to function in a human way has been impaired, he said. There is a moral obligation, he said, for health care personnel to act in the interest of the patients, not in their own interest or the interest of the hospital, the family, science or a bureaucratic agency. Pellegrino said he found some Catholic hospitals making dubious alliances for financial reasons and displaying a morally questionable “Robin Hood syndrome,” making a profit out of more affluent patients to finance charity for the poor. He added that Catholic hospitals had no mandate to redistribute wealth, even for good purposes. The Robin Hood approach, Pellegrino said, also leads Catholic hospitals to cater to physicians with rich patients and to give these patients better care. But the main objec tion, he said, is that it does not face the fundamental issue of the responsibility of the society and the church to provide care for the poor. Pellegrino said hospitals could save large sums by more efficient use of resources and avoiding unnecessary pro cedures. The practice of “defensive medicine,” ordering unnecessary procedures as a guard against liability suits, is not ethically justified, he said. Setting up systems for regional cooperation of Catholic hospitals would also save money while enabling them to refer patients to other institutions governed by similar moral principles, Pellegrino said. He called for greater involvement of bishops and the total church in carrying out health ministries. As an example of the initiative needed from bishops, Pellegrino said Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington enlisted 250 physicians, dentists and others to give services in their offices to “the poorest of the poor '
