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Mourners at special mass of remembrance hear Dave O’Connell was ‘extraordinary person’ committed to poor in LA

David O’Connell will be remembered at Sacred Heart Church in Glounthaune, where he celebrated his first mass as a priest

Carlos Medina held on $2 million bail. Next hearing scheduled for May 17.

The man suspected of killing Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell in his Hacienda Heights home pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing March 22.

Medina, 61, is the husband of Bishop O’Connell’s housekeeper, and it remains unclear what the motive for the murder might have been

Carlos Medina, 61, has been charged with one felony count of murder and a special allegation that he used a firearm.

Natural death would be acceptable. Understandable. But a violent death for someone who lived in peace is hard to conceive, and harder to forgive.

Born in Ireland in 1953 and ordained for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1979, Bishop David O’Connell was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles in 2015.

Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell was remembered as a man “gripped by grace” as nearly 5,000 attended a funeral Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels March 3.

Archbishop José H. Gomez places the Book of Gospels and a cross on the coffin of Bishop David O'Connell before leading a procession at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, in downtown Los Angeles on March 3, 2023. / Photo by Jay L. Clendenin-Pool/Getty ImagesCNA Newsroom, Mar 3, 2023 / 16:56 pm (CNA).Thousands gathered Friday for the funeral of slain Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David OConnell, who was remembered as "a friend of Jesus Christ" and the poor.Archbishop José Gomez p...