he is a catholic prit from irela who has ministered for 37 ars to both african americans and latinos in e watts section of s angeles. saul gonzales reports reporter: the los angeles neighborhood of watts halong been synonymous th inner-city speration and despair. it's,fter all, the neighborhood that explod in urban unresin 1965, and then againuring l.a.'s 1992 riots toda watts is still home to so of the meanest streets in e city, but they're streets walked regulay by father peter banks, a cathoc priest who, dreed in his robes, rope belt, d straw hat, looks like a fsh very much out of water. born d raised in rural irelandbanks arrived as a young priest in tts in 1973, assigned to the saintawrence of brindisi church. >> my picture oamerica before i came, of los angel, was hollywood, disneyland anbeach. so i got io the car and we drove upentury and crossed vermont ani began to realize th is a very different world, it was all black. a the very first sunday, i stood up on thaltar and said "what am i doing hre? how ll i ever understand the people? will they undstand me?" in my weakness, i