The Nun, the Knife, and the Silence - Thar Tribune

The Nun, the Knife, and the Silence - Thar Tribune

The chapel at Mercy Hospital was supposed to be a place of prayer. A quiet room behind heavy doors, where the faithful could kneel before the crucifix and leave their troubles at the feet of God. On April 5, 1980—Holy Saturday—the room was still quiet. But it wasn’t peaceful. Someone had murdered Sister Margaret Ann Pahl. She was 71 years old, a Roman Catholic nun who’d spent decades serving at Mercy Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. That morning, she’d…