A catholic priest was stabbed in front of his horrified congregation live on television during morning mass on Friday at Canada’s biggest church in Montreal.
Footage broadcast on a Catholic television station and picked up by the top-rated CTV network showed a man in jeans, parka and white baseball cap approach Claude Grou at St Joseph’s Oratory, in the full glare of 60 horrified parishioners.
He is seen chasing the priest around the altar and standing menacingly over the 77-year-old as he falls to the ground, scattering candles and a banner, before stabbing his victim.
Witness Adele Plamondon told public broadcaster Radio-Canada the priest — who escaped with minor injuries — was about to start reading the gospel, when “this man drew a knife and ran up to stab him.”
“I’d thought he was just going to kneel in front of the altar to pray, like many people do,” she said.
The suspect remained…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
