An arrest, but still unanswered questions in L.A. bishop's slaying [Breaking]
Two days after one of the region’s most beloved clerics was shot to death inside his home, authorities arrested the husband of a housekeeper to Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell following an hours-long standoff Monday at the suspect’s Torrance home.
“He was the help of the helpless and the hope of the hopeless,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who described O’Connell as a longtime friend. “He knew that serving God meant serving man.”afternoon in the Catholic archdiocese-owned home in Hacienda Heights where he lived alone. Luna said the bishop was found in his bedroom with “at least one gunshot wound to the upper body.
Gómez fought back tears as he spoke about O’Connell — “Bishop Dave,” he called him, remembering him fondly for his fluent Spanish spoken with a distinctive Irish accent. In the 1990s, O’Connell gained a reputation for seeking to bridge relations between residents of riot-torn neighborhoods and law enforcement after the police beating of Rodney King.
Parishioners at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in South Los Angeles, where O’Connell served for more than a decade, recalled a man with humor, a deep commitment to social justice and dedication to serving Black and Latino communities. Theyto make sense of the violence that claimed the life of someone whose calling was rooted in peace and love.
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