As sign comes down, a look at the rise and fall of Msgr. Schmit’s legacy

It took a long while, considering the stature of the man involved and the controversy surrounding him, to pass this small ordinance of great significance.

Forty-six years after Father Gerald Robinson stabbed Sister Margaret Ann Pahl 31 times with a letter opener, leaving wounds that prosecutors said formed an inverted cross, Toledo City Council voted 8-2 Tuesday to remove a street sign honoring the priest many say helped cover up what was once called Toledo’s most notorious murder.

For Lee Pahl, Sister Pahl’s nephew, the vote offered a measure of relief decades in the making…

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