Multiple law enforcement sources said a man wanted in connection with the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell in Hacienda Heights was arrested early Monday during an operation by the LA County Sheriff's Department's Special Enforcement Bureau.
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez released a statement after the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Information Bureau determined it was a homicide. It read in part:
"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. O’Connell was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1953 and was named an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015, according to the Los Angeles Archdiocese. He served as a priest and bishop in LA County for more than 45 years.
O’Connell was the chairman of the interdiocesan Southern California Immigration Task Force, as well as the chairman of the Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected,” Los Angeles Archbishop José H.Gomez said in a statement.
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