(04-21-2023, 06:54 AM)Gointocarlton date Wrote:Perhaps he was seen as gullible and easily led, it was probably just his caring nature towards those who needed help no matter how troubled they were. Unconditional.While he was still fluent he was suffering dementia type symptoms in later years, but his fluency mask it to some degree, which was a bit sad.
You could be having a conversation with him and he'd start discussing something from 10 years back like it had just happened today, and he talked about people who had long ago moved on like they were still in the job. Even so I have nothing but respect for him.
It is interesting, I think a lot of his associates did not like him because he actually set the bar too high, he was all in for the clergy role, first and foremost, while they wanted to be or saw themselves as business magnates.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"