This revelation came to light on Thursday, after the chaplain noted that the breathing tube had been removed one week post her horrific act and failed suicide attempt. Lindsay Clancy conveyed a disturbing message to a hospital chaplain who came to see her following the tragic incident in which the Massachusetts mother strangled her three young children.
Chaplain Sheila Cavanaugh informed the jury that Lindsay Clancy frequently discusses her children and “carries immense grief. ” Lindsay talks frequently about her children; she loves them deeply. She carries immense grief,” the chaplain stated. Cavanaugh stated that she has maintained weekly meetings with Clancy in the years following the murders, including as recently as just prior to the trial commencing at the end of July.
The 36-year-old labor and delivery nurse has wept at various moments as witnesses recounted the events of the night she took the lives of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, using exercise bands in the basement of her family’s residence in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023 — exclaiming, “I can’t do this!” as the autopsy reports were presented.
Chaplain meets Lindsay Clancy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
The defense maintains that she is not criminally accountable for the deaths of her three children, citing her struggle with undiagnosed postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder, conditions intensified by a risky blend of 13 powerful psychiatric medications.
“I remember vividly the first thing she said to me,” the chaplain testified, adding that Clancy stated to her she was “so glad my children are safe.
