Father Ken DeasyFATHER KEN grew up in a working-class suburb of Los Angeles, California, as he struggled in his younger life against harsh times, neglect, abuse and church convention those "enemies" also were initially the ones who saved him when hungry, homeless, ad detained and arrested. To be a priest was to grow more into his "baptized" priesthood, which would affect how he would serve as a religious professional (an "ordained" priest). As he persevered over the decades as a priest, his inner person became who he is today: a reformer, recovering healer, loved being a community leader (pastor, St. Agatha's Catholic Parish) in the streets of the inner city of Los Angeles. Now retired, Ken continues to support the heroes he has discovered in reform ministry: assimilation of Los Angeles ex-cons convicts, native American-Indian parishes in Coachella Valley and Zuni New Mexico, Haiti, Kenya, South Sudan via his presence and the foundation created by Ken's classmates, fatherken.org. His friends include Hollywood luminaries and/or the imprisoned. His faith and leadership have transformed many lives, and as a result, a whole city. His common themes are"There are people who just want to get to heaven. The people I work with just want to get to Friday!""My stress is not that I can't raise the dead, because I can. I just get them to leave the tomb!" Read More Read Less