Kansas Parish Mourns Slain Priest One Year After His Tragic Killing

Apropos for Sunday . . . Here's a local faith community struggling to come to terms with life and gun violence rocked their parish and claims the life of a beloved pastor. 

Here's the word . . . 

"Fr. Arul Carasala was ordained for the Diocese of Cuddapah in his native country of India in 1994 and arrived in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas in 2004. He became a U.S. citizen in 2011, serving in the parishes of Nemaha-Marshall County for over 20 years.

"The priest died of his injuries within hours of the shooting, and his alleged shooter turned himself in almost immediately. Carasala's parishioners and Catholics across the archdiocese were left trying to make sense of his untimely death."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Parishioners remember fallen pastor, fatally shot a year ago, and continue to heal