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Priest ‘died and met God… and she’s a woman’
Nicholas Reilly for Metro.co.ukSunday 22 Feb 2015 4:25 pm
No, a priest didn't meet a female God after he died for 48 minutes A Catholic priest from Father John Micheal O’Neal claims he went to heaven and met a female God (Picture: Netloid)
That’s today’s claim on the internet. But it’s been rubbished by a spokesman for the Archbishop of Boston.
Unverified reports said that Father John Michael O’Neal, 71, is a Catholic priest from the Boston diocese who suffered a massive heart attack and died for 48 minutes.
During that time, it was alleged that he went to heaven before being brought back by doctors in Massachusetts.
However, Terrence Donilon, a spokesman for the Archbishop of Boston, has dismissed the reports as a ‘hoax’.
Speaking to Metro.co.uk, he said: ‘We do not have a priest of this name. I believe this could be a hoax story’.
Reports had described how the priest was engulfed by a feeling of unconditional love as he met God, who he described as a mother-like ‘being of light’.
He reportedly said: ‘Her presence was both overwhelming and comforting.
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‘She had a soft and soothing voice and her presence was as reassuring as a mother’s embrace.
‘The fact that God is a Holy Mother instead of a Holy Father doesn’t disturb me, she is everything I hoped she would be and even more.’
Priest ‘died and met God… and she’s a woman’
Nicholas Reilly for Metro.co.ukSunday 22 Feb 2015 4:25 pm
No, a priest didn't meet a female God after he died for 48 minutes A Catholic priest from Father John Micheal O’Neal claims he went to heaven and met a female God (Picture: Netloid)
That’s today’s claim on the internet. But it’s been rubbished by a spokesman for the Archbishop of Boston.
Unverified reports said that Father John Michael O’Neal, 71, is a Catholic priest from the Boston diocese who suffered a massive heart attack and died for 48 minutes.
During that time, it was alleged that he went to heaven before being brought back by doctors in Massachusetts.
However, Terrence Donilon, a spokesman for the Archbishop of Boston, has dismissed the reports as a ‘hoax’.
Speaking to Metro.co.uk, he said: ‘We do not have a priest of this name. I believe this could be a hoax story’.
Reports had described how the priest was engulfed by a feeling of unconditional love as he met God, who he described as a mother-like ‘being of light’.
He reportedly said: ‘Her presence was both overwhelming and comforting.
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‘She had a soft and soothing voice and her presence was as reassuring as a mother’s embrace.
‘The fact that God is a Holy Mother instead of a Holy Father doesn’t disturb me, she is everything I hoped she would be and even more.’
