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The Liberty City Cathedral is a large cathedral located in the district of Bedford Point in west Staunton Island, Liberty City, in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Description[]

The cathedral is a large Christian place of worship in Bedford Point distinguished by its olden architecture, its pointed roofs and pinnacles, and masonry facade being its most apparent features. The Liberty City Cathedral resembles the iconic St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Due to this close resemblance, it is possible that the Liberty City Cathedral was based upon the real-life St. Patrick's. The cathedral is implied to be Catholic, as Protestants do not practice confession; further implications towards it being a Catholic cathedral come from the burials of storyline characters in GTA Liberty City Stories who come from traditionally Catholic (Italian/Irish) backgrounds. The building has three identically designed frontages, each facing south, east, and west. An interior of the cathedral is further included for the GTA Liberty City Stories rendition for use in missions (see Prominent roles).

In GTA Liberty City Stories, a large cemetery (also known as the garden) exists as a corner plot next to the cathedral. As the game's storyline progresses, the cemetery is increasingly occupied by graves of certain characters which the player is responsible for killing, such as Paulie Sindacco, and Vincenzo Cilli. It is revealed on Chatterbox on Liberty City Free Radio in Liberty City Stories, however, that a lobby exists to have a large square concrete building (complete with state of the art electronic facilities) built over the cemetery as a counterbalance to the seemingly imposing cathedral. Indeed, this serves as a retcon for GTA III that explains why a large but stark concrete building exists next to the cathedral. The loss of the cemetery meant the cathedral in GTA III is left with only a thin strip of burial ground on the cathedral's north side.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]

At the cathedral, Toni can access the Confessional missions for Father Ned, a priest who runs the church. When the player has completed all the Confessional missions, Father Ned reveals himself to be Ned Burner, an ace news reporter who tricked Toni into creating chaos in the city for him to report on. Toni later gets vengeance on Ned and kills him under orders from Donald Love after the former witnessed the murder of Avery Carrington.

In GTA Advance, the film star Biff Rock uses the cathedral as a set for his movie.

Prominent Appearances in Missions[]

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]

Grand Theft Auto Advance[]

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