The Rev. Fabian Arias, the pastor of Iglesia de Sion in New York City, has performed funeral services 14 times in the last two months. Saturday’s service for 39-year-old Raul Luis López is the first he’s been able to perform in a private residence.
NEW YORK — Raul Luis López never had the chance to say goodbye.
The Rev. Fabian Arias, a Catholic priest from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the pastor of Iglesia de Sion, a congregation with a mission relationship alongside Saint Peter’s Church in Manhattan, and has performed funeral services 14 times in the last two months. Saturday’s service for López was the first he’s been able to perform in a private residence.
“People don’t have the ability to pay,” said Arias. “And when they have the opportunity for a service, they abuse the community. They say, ‘You pay $10,000, $15,000.’” López, who worked in the delivery business, came to the United States 20 years ago and settled in New York nine years prior to his death. Described as a kind man devoted to his fellow parishioners, his loss pains family beyond the city’s borders.
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