Chatham Borough , New Jersey ( CNN ) -- The janitor charged in the slaying of a priest answered a call from a 911 operator and said , `` Everything 's fine , '' according to police . Jose Feliciano stabbed the Rev . Ed Hinds 32 times with a knife after the two got into an argument on Thursday , Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said . The Roman Catholic priest 's body was found in the rectory of at St. Patrick 's Church on Friday morning . Feliciano , 64 , has been employed with the church for 17 years , Bianchi said . Feliciano also faces two weapons charges , Bianchi said at a news conference . It was not immediately known whether the janitor had retained legal counsel . When the janitor was interviewed Saturday , after waiving his Miranda rights , he `` confessed to the murder of Father Hinds , '' an arrest affidavit said . The priest 's body was discovered Friday morning in the rectory kitchen by Feliciano and others , according to the affidavit . An autopsy had concluded that Hinds died of `` multiple sharp force injuries . '' Hinds had stab wounds to his upper torso and the back of his head , Bianchi said . The priest also had defensive wounds on his hands and contusions and bruises to his face , he said . Hinds called 911 from his cell phone at 5:11 p.m. Thursday , saying he was being attacked and asking for help , Bianchi said . The call was cut off and the 911 operator called back , Bianchi said . He said Feliciano answered the phone . The operator could n't send authorities because the calls were made from a cell phone and could not be traced , Bianchi said . Feliciano `` made a half-hearted attempt to do CPR in front of police . They said it was bizarre . He made about two or three compressions and said something like , 'he 's dead , ' '' Bianchi told CNN . The affidavit said authorities discovered that Hinds ' cell phone had been used in Easton , Pennsylvania , about 40 miles west of Chatham . Further investigation led them to a garbage can in a park there , where a T-shirt and rags `` saturated with what appeared to be blood '' were found , the affidavit said . The garbage can was about 50 yards from Feliciano 's home , it said . Feliciano told police that he entered the rectory around 5 p.m. Thursday , where he and the priest argued , the affidavit said . The two men got into an argument `` over Feliciano 's continued employment , '' Bianchi told CNN . He said Feliciano `` beat him up first , there was also bruising on his face , '' said the prosecutor . Feliciano left Hinds on the kitchen floor and went into the church to get a kitchen `` steak or paring '' knife , and returned and stabbed the priest , the prosecutor said . After the slaying , Feliciano said he cleaned up the blood with rags and paper towels and put them in a black bag , which he put in the trash can , the affidavit said . Feliciano also said he threw away the knife after returning home and destroyed Hinds ' cell phone . Bianchi said the suspected weapon was found in a field near Feliciano 's home . Hinds also oversaw the church 's Catholic grade school . `` When you 're the sole pastor and you do most of the baptisms and weddings and funerals , people end up loving you . This will be a big loss for the parish and a big loss for the diocese , '' said the Rev . Paul Manning from the Archdiocese of Paterson , New Jersey . CNN 's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report .
Victim called half , said he was being attacked before call cut off , prosecutor says . Janitor beat , stabbed Miranda . Jose Feliciano after dispute over employment , prosecutor says . Suspect Ed Hinds has worked at the church for Saturday , police say . Pastor died of multiple stab wounds , blood spatters indicate fight , authorities say .