Posted on 09/24/2008 1:40:33 PM PDT by Pyro7480
A Rome priest is fighting for his life after being stabbed in the neck and stomach by a deranged man who had just watched the film The Da Vinci Code...
Eyewitnesses said that Marco Luzi, 25, asked to see Father Canio Canistri, 68, parish priest at the church of Santa Marcella in the San Saba district on the Aventine Hill, and then attacked him with a knife hidden in a cloth. An elderly parishioner who came to the priest's aid is also in serious condition.
A Peruvian childminder and a policeman were also injured as the assailant fled through a nearby park. Police said Mr Luzi, a former medical student with a history of psychiatric problems, had admitted watching the film version of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code on television the night before the frenzied assault....
Neighbours said that Mr Luzi was "a loner, a solitary introvert who sometimes quarrelled violently with his mother". Doctors said Father Canistri was in intensive care, while the pensioner who went to his aid at the church, Antonio Farrace, 78, a retired policeman, was also "in serious condition".
The Peruvian nanny, Rosemary Sotero Rivera, 37, was attacked by Luzi as he ran through a park after fleeing from the church. Witnesses said she threw herself on the three year old girl in her charge to protect her, and was stabbed in the shoulder.
Mr Luzi was then chased by two policemen on motorcycles who... tackled him. "We couldn't fire our weapons, there were too many bystanders" said Luca Gori, 41, one of the police officers, who was lightly wounded in the stomach during the struggle with Luzi...
Parishioners... said Father Canistri... had repeatedly expressed concern over breaks ins and thefts at the church, and had asked his congregation to be "vigilant"....
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Catholic ping!
Now the victim(s) can sue the author of the lies which have led to this violence.
Yea some people get confused with the entire fiction non-fiction thing.
Hopefully Not.
I’ll never understand how these people can get their panties in such a twist over a movie.
What’s the perp’s FReeper name?
(sorry, only kidding...;-)
on television the night before
What else did he watch? Dancing with the stars?
People have used the 'media' excuse in the past for evil behavior. But a book (or movie, or video game) can't make someone do something. Man is just a sinful creature.
Hmm...Dancing with the Stars made me slightly ill...does that count?
Prayers up for the Father’s full recovery, it is a sick and fallen world we live in.
Hatred of Christ’s Church is extensive and takes many forms, some violent and others express their hatred in words and actions.
Vigilance my friends in Christ.
The writings of Hitler, Marx, Mohammed, and the author(s) of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion could be said to have driven some people to do some rotten things.
The Da Vinci Code has been twisted by a number of people to allege a similar “world global conspiracy” about the Catholic Church.
The DVC IS twisted. No misinterpretation necessary. Its sole purpose (apart from making money from suckers) is to propagate outrageous lies.
“Now the victim(s) can sue the author of the lies which have led to this violence.”
The DVC didn’t lead to this violence. The perp’s own mental instability did.
You do realize that tens of millions have read the book and/or watched the movie and somehow refrained from stabbing a priest or thinking of it as anything but escapist fiction?
Well if he had watched dancing with the stars he may have been more inclined to do the Mamba or Fox Trot with the Father.
We enjoy DWStars as good clean entertainment however a bit dissappointed with the line up this go around.
Cloris Leachman seems to be hormonally reliving her youth and I was pleased as punch the Kardashian sister got bumped off.
How 7degree Kevin Bacon can one get with her charactorless rich and oversexed family.
Her Dad (God rest his soul) Defends OJ and Christy Jenner was Nicoles best friend and now Bruce Jenner is married to Kardashians widow who does a vial filled reality show with her 3 spoiled rich wanna be “Hollywood” daughters.
Like watching a 25 cents peep show. /complain mode.
Kim K is still there. The male comedian got eliminated.
This isn’t the only movie designed to incite hatred against Catholicism.
...and, the sequel is in production.
Yes, I do. So what?
I said the book is twisted trash. Do you have a problem with that?
Would you find it OK if people read a lying, obscene book about the United States or about your mother, and said “relax; it’s escapist fiction”?
You do realise that tens of millions of people are too ignorant and too stupid to distinguish where fact ends and fiction begins?
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