Father Bernard Healy
Appearances
Dateline NBC
The Man of Many Faces
I said, okay, I'll come up with some convenient excuse, which I did.
Dateline NBC
The Man of Many Faces
I got a lot of emails that were kind of full of rage, upset, and anger at me. It was clear it was somebody who was very angry.
Dateline NBC
The Man of Many Faces
In a sense, yes. It's the first time in my life, in my priesthood, that somebody has tried to have a funeral for somebody who's not dead.
Dateline NBC
The Man of Many Faces
He said we believe he's faked his own death, that he's in Europe.
Dateline NBC
The Man of Many Faces
She said she was in Switzerland. He had died. She asked if she could have a memorial mass here at Our Lady of Mercy.
Dateline NBC
The Man of Many Faces
Yeah, it's a memorial mass. I said, we have memorial masses for anybody.
Dateline NBC
The Man of Many Faces
And after reading that biography, you would think that he was a cross between Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela.
Dateline NBC
The Man of Many Faces
Shortly afterwards, I got a call from the state police. We'd ask you not to have the mask because Nicholas is not dead.
Dateline NBC
The Man of Many Faces
They said, well, we believe he's faked his own death, that he's in Europe.