Trial of man accused of murdering Cork-born bishop in LA delayed

Carlos Medina, the husband of Bishop O’Connell’s housekeeper, is charged with the murder of the Brooklodge native

Bishop David O’Connell with Cleivi Jerez Arrendodo and her daughters, who he helped with rent after Cleivi’s husband Fernando was deported under the family separation policy introduced in the US in 2018.

The case of the man accused of the murder of Bishop David O’Connell in Los Angeles has been suspended pending a mental competency hearing next week.

Carlos Medina, the husband of Bishop David O’Connell’s housekeeper, is charged with the murder of the Brooklodge native at his home in Hacienda Heights in Los Angeles in February 2023. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge.