Anthony McCarthy, a regular around Baltimore City Hall and veteran of numerous political campaigns, sat in a circle of reverends in Ellicott City Wednesday evening. They prayed over him as his eyes welled with tears.
“Right now, as we say farewell to our brother for the moment ... God, we trust you. We believe you,” said the Rev. Jamie Washington. “We trust you and we believe you to cover and to keep him on this journey.”
Struggling with his health and in need of a kidney transplant, McCarthy, 55, is leaving the city and his job as special agent of communications and equity at the Baltimore City Office of the Inspector General to move to an assisted living facility close to his mother in Virginia. The Wednesday night event, advertised as an “Anthony McCarthy Lovefest,” held at La Palapa Grill and Cantina in Ellicott City was an effort to fundraise $100,000 to help pay for assisted living and expenses related to his battle with kidney disease. McCarthy plans to leave Baltimore in about a month.
