The Nation - News from Feb. 12, 1985
Chained and confined to a wheelchair because authorities feared that he would refuse to walk, a man charged with killing three persons at a country church was arraigned as 2,000 mourners gathered to honor the victims: a priest, a lay minister and the church janitor. Bryan Stanley, 29, charged with the slayings at St. Patrick’s Church in Onalaska, Wis., entered no plea. Circuit Judge Peter Pappas set $150,000 cash bail and scheduled a hearing Feb. 21. Police said that Stanley, who called himself “Elijah” and reportedly has a history of mental problems, shot the three men because the priest permitted girls to read Scripture during Mass.
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