Monday, March 26, 2012


TRINITY WALL STREET: Retire?. Only if I can be buried here

TRINITY WALL STREET: Retire?. Only if I can be buried here
Embattled Trinity boss has ungodly list of demands

By ISABEL VINCENT and MELISSA KLEIN
New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/retire_only_if_can_be_buried_here_DKvKRXGoJkc0flWqR0mMAM#.T275C1FLzVo.email
March 25, 2012

EXCLUSIVE

The embattled rector of Trinity Church had a grandiose plot for retirement - he wanted to spend eternity in the historic lower Manhattan church's graveyard with Alexander Hamilton.

The afterlife clause was among a list of extravagant demands made on behalf of the Rev. James Cooper last summer, after church board members unhappy with his leadership called for his retirement.

Cooper, 67, wanted health- and life-insurance benefits until age 72; an undisclosed "thank-you" payment; a donation in his name to a charity; and $200,000 per year, for seven years, to fund a staff and support services in order for Cooper to continue his "ministry," The Post has learned.

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