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Catholic godson of woman on life support fights to get proxy back
Sodden has been on life support since August 2013.
By Josh Saul
March 20, 2014 | 7:21pm
The Catholic godson of an elderly Brooklyn woman on life support is fighting her Orthodox Jewish family to regain the legal right to let her die.
Sylvia Sodden, 78, grew up Orthodox Jewish in Brooklyn but converted to Roman Catholicism when she was 20 years old, says godson Joe Arrigo.
Sodden’s sister Esther Feigenbaum filed a successful emergency lawsuit Sunday to take over the proxy held by Arrigo, blocking him from pulling the plug on her sister – who her family maintains never converted to Catholicism.
“Arrigo is acting in bad faith in ignoring Ms. Sodden’s religion’s views,” the suit states.
http://nypost.com/2014/03/20/catholic-godson-of-woman-on-life-support-fights-to-get-proxy-back/
