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In a letter to parishioners last year, Mr Gigantiello said allowing Carpenter to film inside the church was a "lapse in judgment".

“We were born for a time such as this,” Harris told parishioners at the Church of Christian Compassion, as they rose to their feet.

Another parishioner who was married by Father Gutiérrez said she felt "immense gratitude for his life and all that he has contributed to the Church".

Then, in late September, flames from an encampment fire leaped into the church parking lot and destroyed the vehicles of four of his parishioners.

O’Connell’s friends and parishioners had hoped Thursday’s preliminary hearing — usually the first time prosecutors have to present significant evidence in a case in open court — would provide some motive for the out-of-nowhere shooting.