Raleigh Priest's Estate Sale Gives Friends Tangible Memories

THE NEWS OBSERVOR
By Chuck Liddy

NORTH CAROLINA---Bargain hunters wander around the home of recently deceased Reverend Monsignor John F. O'Connor, of St. Luke's Evangelistic Catholic Church in Raleigh, N.C. Friday August 23, 2013. The Monsignor's estate was auctioned off according to the dealer 95% of the contents were gone by Friday afternoon. In his 40-year career as a priest, Monsignor Tim O’Connor amassed a vast collection of religious art and artifacts, most as gifts from friends and admirers. O’Connor, a pastor and friend to countless in Raleigh, died June 9 at 66, and the collection built over his lifetime had no chance of fitting in the family’s homes, said Kevin O’Connor, one of O’Connor’s three younger brothers. [link]