Peter Colapietro, ‘Saloon Priest’ Who Ministered to Lowly and Mighty, Dies at 69

FILE -- The Rev. Peter Colapietro administers Holy Communion at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church on West 42nd Street in New York on June 19, 2013. Colapietro, whose late-night presence as a regular at celebrity hangouts contrasted with his low-key work in parishes in Manhattan, died Monday night, Feb. 5, 2018. He was 69. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)