Catholic priest Father Neil Kookoothe and former death row inmate Joe D’Ambrosio’s keynote presentation at Compassion Ministry’s 20th anniversary breakfast on November 4 shared the story of their first meeting and the dramatic events which followed.

“I went to nursing school and law school and then was ordained in 1995,” Fr. Kookoothe said. “While serving in Parma, Ohio, I responded to an ad in Nat…