New York's High Court OK's Removal Of Bishop Sheen's Remains To Illinois

New York's highest state court has dismissed sua sponte the appeal in In the Matter of Cunningham v. Trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral, (NY Ct. App., May 2, 2019) (Order List). The decision allows the remains of the late Bishop Fulton J. Sheen to be removed from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and moved to Peoria, Illinois.  The move is seen by Sheen's heirs as the only way to advance the cause of sainthood for him. In a short opinion on March 5, 2019 (full text), New York's intermediate appellate court upheld the trial court's decision allowing exhumation. In its dismissal order last week, the Court of Appeals said that "no substantial constitutional question is directly involved." Peoria Journal Star reports on last week's court order.