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Father Tim O’Sullivan is a parochial vicar at St. Ephrem Catholic Church in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. He first arrived to the parish in 2001 and says he considers it home.
In 2017, the priest began to have several health issues that led to him undergoing 11 different surgeries in a matter of 15 months.
“The doctors say all the anesthesia that was in my system eventually took its toll on my kidneys,” O’Sullivan told Trish Hartman of Channel 6 Action News.
This led O’Sullivan to being on dialysis for five years.
In November 2023, he decided to write a letter in the parish bulletin letting parishioners know that he was in search of a kidney donor. Despite having several people reach out, none were a match.
“A couple people in the parish did call but were not qualified for some reason or another,” he said.
It wasn’t until January that O’Sullivan received the good news — he had a donor.
Albert Stanley, 46, of South Philadelphia, died on New Year’s Day after suffering several strokes and a brain bleed. His sister, Christine Moretti, is a parishioner at St. Ephrem’s. After seeing on her brother’s driver’s license that he was an organ donor, she contacted O’Sullivan.
“He had multiple people in his family that were not matches, so in speaking with him, of course, this would be the miracle that we need,” Moretti told Channel 6 Action News.
On Jan. 3, O’Sullivan received the call that Stanley was a match.
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In 2017, the priest began to have several health issues that led to him undergoing 11 different surgeries in a matter of 15 months.
“The doctors say all the anesthesia that was in my system eventually took its toll on my kidneys,” O’Sullivan told Trish Hartman of Channel 6 Action News.
This led O’Sullivan to being on dialysis for five years.
In November 2023, he decided to write a letter in the parish bulletin letting parishioners know that he was in search of a kidney donor. Despite having several people reach out, none were a match.
“A couple people in the parish did call but were not qualified for some reason or another,” he said.
It wasn’t until January that O’Sullivan received the good news — he had a donor.
Albert Stanley, 46, of South Philadelphia, died on New Year’s Day after suffering several strokes and a brain bleed. His sister, Christine Moretti, is a parishioner at St. Ephrem’s. After seeing on her brother’s driver’s license that he was an organ donor, she contacted O’Sullivan.
“He had multiple people in his family that were not matches, so in speaking with him, of course, this would be the miracle that we need,” Moretti told Channel 6 Action News.
On Jan. 3, O’Sullivan received the call that Stanley was a match.
Continued below.
Catholic priest finds kidney donor through parishioner
Pennsylvania priest Father Tim O’Sullivan found a match unexpectedly right in his own parish.
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