Woman Slits Christian Leader's Throat During Prayer In France

ClickonDetroit ^ | August 18, 2005 | AP

[ShadowDancer]

Woman Slits Christian Leader's Throat During Prayer In France

Brother Roger Schutz Harbored Jews During Nazi Occupation

POSTED: 7:53 am EDT August 18, 2005
UPDATED: 8:04 am EDT August 18, 2005

PARIS -- The murder of Brother Roger, founder of the Taize Christian community in France, has drawn reactions of shock and grief from the pope and other religious leaders.

French police said a Romanian woman slipped into a choir of monks during Tuesday evening's prayer service and slit the throat of the 90-year-old cleric in front of 2,500 horrified pilgrims.

The 36-year-old woman had visited Taize in June and was considered psychologically fragile.

Pope Benedict XVI, who had received a letter from Brother Roger just hours earlier, deplored the "sad and terrifying news." Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams called it "an indescribable shock."

Brother Roger Schutz was born of a Swiss Protestant father and a French Catholic mother. He harbored Jewish refugees during the Nazi occupation of France, then built the Taize Community with a mission to reconcile all Christian denominations and promote dialogue and peace.

[Brilliant]

Conspicously missing is the answer to the question Why?

I suspect there is a reason that the authorities and the media did not want us to know.

Also missing is an explanation of who this woman was, except that she was from Romania.

[csvset]

Brother Roger

[babyface00]

I hate to make anything considered a prejudicial comment without having all the facts, but what group makes slitting peoples throats a common practice?

I think we can rule out the Methodists on this one.

[davisfh]

The article says that she is "psychologically fragile."
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that she is a Muslim in
that I regard Islam as a mental illness.

[Brilliant]

This was just her inartful way of crying out for help. I'm sure that after a few couch interviews, she'll be ready to rejoin us as a productive member of society.

[csvset]

psychologically fragile = fricking crazy

[GadareneDemoniac]

"psychologically fragile" my a**!!!!

[JohnnyZ]

Sounds like she was possessed.

[thesharkboy]

I agree, but there aren't many Romanian Muslims. In fact, fewer than 3% of Romanians can be Muslim, according to this link.

[ShadowDancer]

All the wires I've checked give no other information except that she's 36 years old, Romanian and a flipping nut case.

[wallcrawlr]

oh man...this is terrible.

[cripplecreek]

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ro.html

CIA world factbook shows .9% muslim and other.

[cyborg]

Demonic inspired.

[marty60]

One of Satan's handmaidens I would imagine.

[Huber]

Ping

[russesjunjee]

She'll get an award for killing Christians from the loony liberal left and then she'll get rich doing self help talks at liberal colleges.

I can just see her up on stage now saying,"...and it works best if you hold the knife like this."

[Malacoda]

I guess those wacky Lutherans are at it again. He's lucky they didn't pot-luck him.

Does anyone know what her problem was -- seriously? Aside from mental illness -- what was her delusion?

[bert]

....I wouldn't be surprised to learn that she is a Muslim .....

How about Gypsy? She is said to ne from Romania.

[mpackard]

Agreed!!!