'It may never make sense': Louisville pastors working to comfort community following mass shooting
Several local churches hosted vigils Monday night in honor of the victims of the mass shooting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville.
The sanctuary at Holy Trinity Catholic Church was nearly full of parishioners looking to find comfort after the shooting. It hit this congregation particularly hard because one of its members was a victim of Monday's shooting.
Josh Barrick went to Old National Bank Monday morning where he was senior vice president of commercial real estate banking. Just hours later, his photo was displayed in front of the altar where Father Shayne Duvall was memorializing him.
"He's a big guy and just had a bubbling personality and you could tell he loved his family. He loved his faith. He loved this community. And he just loved life," Duvall said.
The 40-year-old father of two also coached first and second-grade basketball at Holy Trinity.
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Father Duvall took over as pastor nine months ago and says Barrick just came to see him in his office two weeks ago.
"He said, 'I know you've got some big plans and I know you have a big vision for helping us here and I will do anything I can for you. You just let me know.' And that was very comforting," Duvall said.
Now he is the one providing comfort not only to Barrick's family but a congregation full of questions and few answers.
"They're in shock," Duvall said. "I've been with his wife. I've been with his children. I've been with his brother and members of this community and everyone is just kind of in a fog like, did this really just happen today?"
While Duvall knows many are feeling anger at the shooter right now, he's encouraging everyone to turn to prayer instead.
"There's going to be a lot of people in this community that are angry and mad at him and they have every right to be 맥스카지노 but I still have to pray for his soul, too," Duvall said.