The Cop Counselor – People Magazine

By Anthony Bruno, People Magazine

Peter Killeen left the police force to become a Franciscan friar. Today, as a psychotherapist, he comes to the aid of troubled officers.

The traffic on Route 3 in the “Meadowlands is backed up farther than Peter Killeen can see. He's sitting behind the wheel of his Chevy Malibu, inching toward the Lincoln Tunnel. Up ahead, state troopers are diverting traffic onto the Turnpike and away from the tunnel, but Killeen knows he will be let through. Each time he pulls to a stop, his eyes automatically move to the Manhattan skyline in the distance. Massive clouds of smoke and dust smear the clear blue sky where the twin towers of the World Trade Center had stood that morning. It’s midafternoon, September 11, 2001…