Priest Attacked in Catholic Cathedral in Scotland As He Sat Quietly Praying

LifeSite News ^ | 7/27/21 | David McLoone

[marshmallow]

The priest defended himself against the attack using a chair, successfully resisting his assailant who then fled the premises.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 27, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — A priest quietly praying in the pews of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, was assaulted by an unidentified man with a glass bottle Monday morning.

The priest, who remains unnamed, defended himself against the attack using a chair, successfully resisting his assailant who then fled the premises, seemingly evading arrest. The attacker was said to have asked the priest to confirm that he was indeed a clergyman before launching his vicious assault. The priest was left unharmed by the incident.

The Archdiocese of St. Andrew’s and Edinburgh, in which St. Mary’s Cathedral is the central church, released a statement Tuesday, announcing the events of the morning prior. “Yesterday morning (Monday 26 July) a priest sitting alone praying in a pew at St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh was subject to a violent and unprovoked assault by a man carrying a glass bottle.”

“Just prior to the attack the man had asked him if he was a priest. When the priest replied that he was, the man attempted to hit him on the head with the bottle, before chasing him to the back of the Cathedral,” the statement continued.

“The bottle broke on the ground and the man continued using it in his assault. The priest managed to fend him off with a chair before the attacker ran out of the Cathedral. The priest escaped without injury.”

[MercyFlush]

I won’t say it’s a Moslem but...

[OKSooner]

It was a Muslim.

[lee martell]

Muslim who demands entry, but demands everything change instantly to suit them. Their goal? To make the new place just like the old place they just ran away from.

[Ann Archy]

BLACK Muslim most likely,

[Cyclops08]

“The attacker was said to have asked the priest to confirm that he was indeed a clergyman before launching his vicious assault.”

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That was a muslim question. But the media will never say it was a muslim unless they are forced to say.

[Captain Rhino]

My understanding is that the UK (which, for the moment, still includes Scotland) is thickly planted with CCTVs, both private and government-owned. So the public can be confident that the attacker’s image will soon be published...

Except if he is the “wrong” race, ethnicity, or religion. In that case, all the CCTV cameras along his likely escape routes will either be inexplicably broken or produce images of such low quality as to be useless.

[Darksheare]

“seemingly evading arrest. “

Purposely ignored or allowed to go with an “aw, shucks. We triiiied” from the bobbies.

[Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi]

The Scots used to have some rather charming ways of dealing with those who offended them.

Perhaps it is time to revisit those methods.

[Darksheare]

Find him, tie him up, play bagpipes in both his ears while making him eat haggis and drink guinness until his bladder bursts.
We’d be entertained, the twitter blue checkmarks would be outraged, it’d be a great day.

[Marchmain]

Christians are under attack around the world, in “free” countries too. Churches should have security features, and if possible armed guards. Time to stop pretending it’s the old days and religions will be respected. The vulnerable people, defenseless in a church, are the targets. Bishops and those in charge of these facilities have to realize the new threats and have protection and defense at the ready.