Clergy from across southeast Louisiana joined hundreds of mourners at St. Peter Catholic Church in Covington yesterday to pay their last respects to slain priest Otis Young.
While many waited in line to get inside the church during the visitation and for the funeral Mass, additional chairs were placed outside the sanctuary as an overflow area.
Archbishop Gregory Aymond said many are struggling with the way Young and Prats died, calling it a sad day and a day of great mourning. Aymond added that most are still trying to put some sense to it a week later. Young was remembered as a priest who left a big mark on Covington.
The bodies of the 71 YO Young and 73 YO longtime church worker Ruth Prats were discovered Nov. 28. Antonio Tyson, a convicted rapist recently released from state prison, was charged with the murders.
Visitation for Ruth Prats will start on Friday, Dec. 9, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The funeral mass will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Both the visitation and the funeral will be at the St. Peter Catholic Church in Covington.
