I te Oketopa 1979, i muri i tana wehenga atu, i whakaekehia a Bell e tētahi kaitukino he maha nga wa i a ia e kore ana e mahi i roto i te whare karakia o te whare karakia nui, e rua ngā poraka ki te raki o te whare nui o te kāwanatanga
He aha? I werohia ia e rua i mua i tana kaitiaki, a Jean Tamaki, i kite i a William Luthin e whakaeke ana i te Pihopa me te maripi "rite ki te maripi". I taea e Tamaki te kukume atu i a Luthin ma tana koti na te mea he "waenga, he iti ranei te hanganga" o te kaiwhawhai. I roto a Bell i tana tari e whakarite ana mo te haerenga ki te kite i a Pope John Paul II i Chicago, Illinois. I tuku a Luthin i a ia ano ki te hohipera, a, i kitea e kore e hara i runga i te take o te haurangi. I mauheretia e te pirihimana a Luthin hei tangata whakapae no te mea i ki atu ia ki nga nēhi, "Whakaoho atu ki tētahi. I werohia e ahau he tohunga". I kitea he maripi i runga i te moenga o te tari me te whiwhinga hoko mai i te toa tata. I noho a Bell i te pō ki te Whare Hauora o Mercy General me ngā whara i te ringa me te whara. I kite a Luthin i te pīhopa i mua ake o taua rā, ā, e kīia ana i amuamu mo te whakakahoretanga. I whakakorea te haerenga a te Pihopa ki te whakatau i te pope.