Kobe Bryant and Daughter Attended Church Before Fatal Crash: Priest

Vanessa Laine Bryant, Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant and Natalia Bryant attend Tribeca Talks: Kobe Bryant with Glen Keane - 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC in New York City on April 23, 2017. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival

NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter attended a Sunday church service and took communion before boarding a helicopter that later crashed, killing them and seven other people on board, according to a priest.

Father Steve Sallot with Our Lady Queen of Angels in Newport Beach, California, told ABC7 that Bryant and his daughter Gianna were present on Sunday morning.