
Former Fox News boss Roger Ailes was eulogized in the town of Palm Beach at St. Edward Roman Catholic church Saturday morning in a service heavy with references to suffering.

'Beth (Ailes wife, Elizabeth) came to me Friday and asked that I officiate,' St. Edward Monsignor Thomas J. Klinzing told DailyMail.com. 'She asked me to base some of my reading on the theme of suffering. I believe Roger suffered quite a bit with those accusations.'

Klingzing was referring to Ailes' resignation last year from the network he founded after fired FNC anchorwoman Gretchen Carlson accused him of sexual harassment followed by other women coming forward with similar accusations.

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Roger Ailes was remembered as an 'American' patriot during his intimate funeral on Saturday morning attended by no more than 100 people

Outside of Roger Ailes funeral at St. Edward Roman Catholic Church in Palm Beach, Florida

Roger Ailes' family was escorted into the funeral on Saturday. His wife asked that the officiant to base some of his reading on the theme of suffering

Ailes' coffin was carried out at 11am to the altar of the 90-year-old church, famously President John F. Kennedy's Winter White House church, as five members of the Palm Beach Police Department presented the colors.

The ceremony was kept secret by Ailes family members and was attended by fewer than 100 family and friends, and took place with heavy security under the watch of three private security guards.

The media guru and political strategist died on Thursday in Palm Beach, Florida aged 77.

A half dozen floral arrangements were set near the coffin, including one from Ailes' friend and former employee Sean Hannity.

President Donald Trump, who consulted with Ailes then had a falling out with him after Megyn Kelly was accused of going after Trump during a primary debate, did not send flowers, Klinzing said.

Elizabeth Tilson, wife of Roger Ailes, architect of conservative TV, and his son walk out of Ailes' funeral holding hands after it ended

Zachary Ailes is comforted by his mother, Elizabeth Tilson (widow of Roger Ailes) as he weeps following his father's funeral

Ailes' coffin was carried out at 11am to the altar of the 90-year-old church, famously President John F. Kennedy's Winter White House church, as five members of the Palm Beach Police Department presented the colors

Dennis Kucinich and his wife Elizabeth arrive at his funeral of Roger Ailes, considered by many to be the architect of conservative TV

Kucinich, pictured holding Elizabeth's hand, is a democratic politician and former representative for Ohio who was friendly with Ailes. At right is longtim political pollster Pat Caddell

Ethel Kennedy, pictured center holding hands with a family member, walks out of Roger Ailes' funeral on Saturday morning. Douglas Kennedy, a nephew of JFK who works at Fox News, read from Letters of Paul to the Romans, a passage about how nothing can separate a believer from the love of God. Journalist Michael Wolff is seen in the glasses and light gray jacket front left of the Kennedys

An organ player upstairs and a cantor provided the music as Klinzing read from St. John, St. Paul and Revelations.

'Roger was a member of this church,' Klinzing said. 'Ever since he moved to Palm Beach in September, he came with Beth every Sunday.

'He was always in a wheelchair but he left it outside. He was a very proud man.'

Klinzing said Ailes was a Presbyterian but converted to Catholicism when he married Beth in 1998.

'He was quite sickly,' Klinzing said.

Sean Hannity attended the funeral (center), he told DailyMail.com: 'He saw things in people that no one else would see. He is an American patriot of the highest level'

The service took place under heavy security under the watch of three private security guards

Rush Limbaugh, pictured, arrived at the funeral Saturday morning. Limbaugh and his wife Kathryn were in the front row

Kimberly Guilfoyle, center, who co-hosts The Five on Fox News was another mourner at the intimate funeral. She is walking with Laura Ingraham, center left, a conservative radio host

Rush Limbaugh and his wife Kathryn were in the front row. Douglas Kennedy, a nephew of JFK who works at Fox News, read from Letters of Paul to the Romans, a passage about how nothing can separate a believer from the love of God.

Sean Hannity read a responsorial psalm.

'I wouldn't be what I am today without Roger,' Hannity told DailyMail.com exclusively after the funeral. 'He took me as a local radio host in Atlanta and gave me the opportunity of a lifetime.

'He saw things in people that no one else would see. He is an American patriot of the highest level.'

Sean Hannity, a close friend of Ailes and one of his former employees, sent the family flowers for the funeral

Hannity read a responsorial psalm at the funeral. 'I wouldn't be what I am today without Roger,' Hannity told DailyMail.com exclusively. 'He took me as a local radio host in Atlanta and gave me the opportunity of a lifetime'

Ailes' mahogany coffin was draped in the American flag when it was wheeled into and out of the church

Indeed, Ailes' mahogany coffin was draped in the American flag when it was wheeled into and out of the church.

'He was an American original,' Limbaugh said, adding that he and Ailes hung out socially in Palm Beach. Fox reporter Kennedy attended with his 89-year-old mother Ethel, the widow of RFK.

'My family used to ask why I would work in a place where everybody wants to kill me,' Kennedy said. 'But Roger, who brought me to Fox, had such a big heart and the ability to connect with everybody.'

'He was an American original,' Limbaugh (pictured center) said, adding that he and Ailes hung out socially in Palm Beach

During the funeral, an organ player upstairs and a cantor provided the music as Klinzing read from St. John, St. Paul and Revelations. Pictured are friends and family of Ailes after the service

Family members of Roger Ailes are helped out of the church following the memorial for the Fox News icon

Friends and family of Roger Ailes, architect of conservative TV, walk out of his Saturday funeral, which was attended by the Palm Beach Police Department, who presented the colors