Diocesan News

Final Rites for Slain Cop

Photo by Catholic News Service/ Richard Drew, pool via Reuters
Photo by Catholic News Service/ Richard Drew, pool via Reuters
Police chaplain Msgr. Robert Romano, who is pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Dyker Heights, celebrates the funeral Mass for police officer Brian Moore at St. James Church in Seaford, L.I., May 8. More than 30,000 police from around the U.S. attended the funeral of the 25-year-old officer, who was shot in the head while on patrol in Queens Village. He was the fifth member of the NYPD to die in the line of duty since December.