Card #23: Sheila Cavanaugh · hospital chaplain account and missing-note qualification
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The chaplain recalled a January 31 voice statement that predates Zeizel's first hospital visit, while cross-examination established that her contemporaneous notes did not document it.
[VERIFIED FACT] Official hospital records and the witness's spelling identify her as Sheila Cavanaugh. [SWORN TESTIMONY] Cavanaugh described more than 200 contacts beginning when Clancy was unconscious or intubated and recalled that on January 31 Clancy said she was glad her children were safe, then described a persistent male voice commanding compliance or neither she nor the children would be safe. This is sworn recollection of an out-of-court statement, not independent proof of a hallucination. [SWORN TESTIMONY] Cross-examination established that Cavanaugh's contemporaneous notes omitted the voice account even though they contained other observations and quotations; she explained that her chaplain role was not a clinical evaluation and that conversations were confidential.
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