Father Groeschel still in Florida hospital after Jan. 11 accident

Published: 2004-02-04

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) -- Father Benedict Groeschel, a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, an evangelist on the Eternal Word Television Network and a prolific author on spiritual matters, remained in an Orlando hospital Feb. 4 after being hit by a car Jan. 11 near the Orlando International Airport. He was listed in critical but stable condition, according to Father Glenn Sudano, superior of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, who also said the priest has come through a number of successful surgeries to repair injuries he sustained in the accident. Father Sudano said in a Feb. 3 message to Father Groeschel's supporters that doctors were making efforts to "exercise Father's lungs" by removing his respirator for brief periods and had sat him in a chair near his bed, also for a brief period. "Just moving from bed to chair takes a lot out of him and morphine is being used to control the pain," he wrote.

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