FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT: BY THE HONORABLE RUFUS PECKHAMWhen Pope John Paul II died earlier this year, a little noticed news account revealed that his Papal ring was missing.
Tonight, I had the shock of my life when I discovered the late Pope's missing ring in my wife's handkerchief drawer. Mrs. Carol Peckham pilfered the ring when we visited the Vatican last year. The front page of this newspaper reveals a picture of her eyeing up the ring, shortly before she must have snatched it from the great man.
I have notified the authorities, and the police are on their way to take her away. It is unfathomable to me what she planned to do with the ring, but perhaps we will learn as I attempt to extract a confession from her.
