LA inspired by murdered Cork bishop to create education curriculum about peacemakers

The project called Blessed are the Peacemakers will feature clips and videos from Bishop David O’Connell's life

The third anniversary of Bishop David O'Connell's murder has been marked this month with several masses in the LA archdiocese. File photo: AP/Julio Cortez

A murdered Cork bishop known as a peacemaker in Los Angeles has inspired a new Catholic education curriculum to be introduced there next year.

Bishop David O’Connell from Brooklodge in Glanmire was shot dead in his home in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County, on February 18, 2023.