Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell was committed to ‘the ordinary person, not the rich Catholic,’ said Linda Dakin-Grimm, an immigration attorney who worked with the bishop. His death is being investigated as a homicide.
A 65-year-old man was taken into custody Feb. 20 by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies as the prime suspect in the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell of Los Angeles. “My heart grieves,” said LA County Sheriff Robert G. Luna in an emotional press conference.
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A Roman Catholic bishop in Southern California was shot and killed Saturday just blocks from a church, a slaying of a longtime priest hailed as a “peacemaker” that s stunned the Los Angeles religious community, authorities said.
Bishop David O'Connell leads a non-denominational memorial service to provide a space for community members who have lost loved ones in 2020 at the St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Long Beach, California, on Nov. 14, 2020. / Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 19, 2023 / 13:47 pm (CNA).The shooting death of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O Connell Saturday is being investigated as a homicide, authorities have confirmed."This incident is being handled as a murder investigation," the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department (LASD) said in a statement Sunday. No additional details were released."We learned early this morning from the Los Angeles County Sheriff s office that they have determined that the death of Auxiliary Bishop David O Connell yesterday was a homicide. We are deeply disturbed and saddened by this news," Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez said in a statement Sunday. "Let us continue to pray for Bishop Dave