PALM BEACH (FL)
The Palm Beach Post
ByJulius Whigham II
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Posted: 6:05 p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012
Former Diocese of Palm Beach Bishop Anthony O’Connell, who resigned a decade ago after admissions of sexual misconduct, died Friday at a South Carolina monastery.
O’Connell died at Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, S.C., after a long illness, the Catholic News Service reported. He was 73.
A funeral Mass was held for him on Monday at the abbey.
Diocese of Palm Beach spokeswoman Dianne Laubert confirmed O’Connell’s death Wednesday evening and issued a brief statement on the diocese’s behalf.
“The diocese is praying for his family at this time,” Laubert said.
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