Reading this story at face value...
(Just my humble opinion, and I expect to get flamed for the following reply):
“Father Anderson Batista da Silva, probably intending to avoid further disturbance at the service, conceded and gave the Host in his hand.”
He was certainly mindful of trouble ahead, then why would Father Batista acquiesce to a madman, and put the Blessed Sacrament at risk?
The man was NOT in a state of grace and the priest should have moved on past him. Of course, trouble would have ensued anyway, we know that. But he wouldn’t have had the Host in his hand, at least.
Easy to be an armchair martyr, of course!!