A Los Angeles County bishop known as a “peacemaker” was found dead of a gunshot wound in Hacienda Heights on Saturday, a law enforcement source said.
About a dozen people held candles and stood near the intersection of Janlu and Los Robles avenues around 9 p.m. Saturday and prayed the rosary next to police tape. Glendy Perez said she knew O’Connell from pro-life rallies in the area and described him as a “soft-spoken and loving” man. According to a statement from the archdiocese, O’Connell, who was born in 1953 in County Cork, Ireland, was named an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015. He studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College in Dublin and was ordained to serve in the archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1979. After ordination, he served as associate pastor in several parishes and as pastor at St. Frances X. Cabrini, Ascension, St. Eugene and St. Michael’s parishes, all in L.A.
Murdered by a “Carlos Medina.” Is anyone even surprised at this point? Of course it’s a “Carlos Medina.”
mbird12 So sad... by all reports, he served Jesus and our people well
cwwhiteNCR Terrific pastor
cwwhiteNCR May he rest in peace!
CalebHowe Traitor terrorist dems killing America
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