Kennedy 'wanted to go to heaven'

Irish cleric was present for last moments of Lion of Senate

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The Irish priest at Teddy Kennedy’s side as he died says “Teddy wanted to go, he went in peace and it was beautiful.”

Monsignor Patrick Tarrant, a native of Cork who has been a priest for 56 years, was called to the Kennedy home on Tuesday evening from the nearby Our Lady of Victory Parish in Hyannisport when Kennedy took a turn for the worse.

“I think it was probably late Tuesday evening between 9 and 10 he took a turn, a serious turn, and I was called. So I was there until he died and he died at 11:30ish," Tarrant told local news stations.

Tarrant said all the family was gathered at the bedside. The truth is, the priest said that, “he expressed to his family that he did want to go. He did want to go to heaven. He was ready to go.

"There was a certain amount of peace, actually — in the family get-together last night. I couldn’t help but think that the world doesn’t know that part of Kennedy at all.”

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Nster.com