Macduff Everton's article about his father is so inspiring and well written. And what a way to end the article. Inquiring minds want to know what became of his father and his social justice work after he was fired.
Macduff Everton replied: After Bishop Pike died, the new bishop wasn’t as supportive. He didn’t appoint my father to another church. It was a real loss. Many of his supporters, angry at the vestry at Trinity, quit in protest to join All Saints-by-the-Sea. My father found work as a paralegal, approaching everything with equanimity and intelligence. He filled in for other priests when they needed help or vacations and was invited to give sermons on issues of the day. He never stopped fighting the good fight. My parents moved first to San Jose, then Bend, Oregon and Boise, Idaho, where my father died in 2007, succumbing to melanoma, which the doctors attributed to his wartime service in naval intelligence while working in the South Pacific without sunscreen.
My sister wrote me after reading the article. She says better than I can what sort of people my parents were.