Police: Priest Killed in Attack at Phoenix Church

boston.com ^ | June 12, 2014 | Katie Bieri

[Dr. Sivana]

PHOENIX (AP) Police say one priest was shot and killed and another was wounded in an attack at a Catholic church in downtown Phoenix. Sgt. Steve Martos says police received a call about a burglary at the Mother of Mercy Mission near the state Capitol shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday.

[Dr. Sivana]

This is the traditional Catholic Church in downtown Phoenix (FSSP).

[vladimir998]

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Joseph Terra, FSSP
Associate Pastor: Rev. Fr. Kenneth Walker, FSSP

http://www.phoenixlatinmass.com/

[jtal]

I’ve attended mass there while visiting Phoenix.

This is shocking and horrifying. What a terrible sacrilege.

[Tax-chick]

Very sad news. Prayers up for Father Terra and Father Walker.

[vladimir998]

Fr. Walker was just ordained in 2012.

[vladimir998]

According to this report it is Fr. Walker (26 years old) who has died of a gunshot wound: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/phoenix-priest-shot-dead-another-wounded-catholic-church-n129266

[tflabo]

Welcome to the new Amereeka.
We greatly miss the one we lost-—she was sooooo much better then.

[mrgreenfatigues]

Phoenix has become one of dangerous cities in the US. When are Americans going to stand up and take our country back?

[afraidfortherepublic]

Lord, have mercy!

[George from New England]

We are right on track to becoming a large city in a third world nation. This is what you hear about Columbia or some African country.

TY Obama.

[AppyPappy]

Didn’t they just drop a bunch of illegals in Phoenix?

[Dr. Sivana]

Didn’t they just drop a bunch of illegals in Phoenix?

Yup, we may find these are a couple of 17-year old "kids".

[Bubba_Leroy]

I am willing to bet that the church was a gun free zone.

Gun free zones give violent criminals peace of mind knowing that their victims will not shoot back.

[Dr. Sivana]

I am willing to bet that the church was a gun free zone.

This was a night time break-in, and into the attached recory, not the church proper. I haven't seen any anti-gun signs on any Catholic church, though I tend to go to more conservatively oriented churches. I have seen armed church-goers, mainly police in uniform but also private security guards in inner city churches in New Haven and Rockford, IL.

Most priests, including traditional ones, do not personally carry, but that comes from an impulse unrelated to the 2nd Amendment. Traditional priests in the U.S. don't often have an animus against law-abiding gun carriers.

[Dr. Sivana]

recory=rectory (priests’ living quarters)

[Blue Collar Christian]

No church I have ever been to has “no guns” signs. And I’ve been to lots of churches.

[G Larry]

YOU ARE WRONG!

You don’t advance the cause by jumping to conclusions.

Missing a sign out front that reads “Open Carry Welcome Here” does not establish a “Gun Free Zone”.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[topher]

Crime done POSSIBLY by the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS being dumped on Arizona by President Obama?