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The funeral for Bishop David O'Connell, the Cork native who was murdered in Los Angeles on February 18, will be held on March 3. Carlos Medina, the husband of O'Connell's housekeeper, has been charged with murder.
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- The suspect in the shooting death of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell was formally charged with murder Feb. 22 after admitting to killing him. Bishop O’Connell was found dead of at least one gunshot wound to his upper torso in his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Hacienda Heights on the afternoon of Feb. 18. Carlos Medina, 61, faces one felony count of murder and a special allegation that he used a firearm, according to the LA County District Attor
Bishop O’Connell is survived by his younger brother, Kieran and his wife Paula, who live near the family home at Casey’s Cross, as well as by Kieran’s adult…
Bishop O’Connell is survived by his younger brother, Kieran and his wife Paula, who live near the family home at Casey’s Cross, as well as by Kieran’s adult…
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. (OSV News) -- The crowd of people praying in the parking lot of St. John Vianney Church in the Los Angeles suburb of Hacienda Heights late Feb. 20 -- parents with their children, parishioners getting off of work, and even some stray teenagers -- seemed to expand with each joyful mystery of the rosary. Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles was one of them. After appearing that afternoon alongside Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna at a press conference, he made