Prayers, support asked for Bishop Sheridan after sister is killed

Published: 2006-02-03

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CNS) -- The vicar general of the Colorado Springs Diocese asked Catholics to join him in prayer and support for Bishop Michael J. Sheridan after the bishop's only sister was killed in an apparent murder-suicide. "The circumstances surrounding her tragic death compound the sorrow and sense of loss for our bishop, his mother, nephews and their families," said Father Donald F. Dunn in a Feb. 2 statement. "Our pledge to Bishop Sheridan is our prayer and support, not only in the present moment, but in the time ahead." The bishop has made no public comment about the deaths of his sister, Susan Lockrem, and her ex-husband, Lauren Lockrem, in Indianapolis Jan. 28. According to a report in The Indianapolis Star daily newspaper, police said Lauren Lockrem, 61, killed Susan Lockrem, 57, with a machete and a box cutter, then suffocated himself by putting a plastic bag on his head. The two reportedly had been divorced about six months.

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