Priest Loses His Life After Massive Crucifix Falls On Him During Livestreamed Mass

https://www.aol.com ^ | October 18, 2026 | Samridhi Goel

[Beowulf9]

A Catholic priest in Ecuador passed away after a massive crucifix fell on him during a livestreamed Mass, leaving worshippers screaming for help.

The shocking incident took place inside a church in Guayaquil, where the priest had been leading the service when the heavy wooden cross suddenly came crashing down.

[FamiliarFace]

Different source, but same story.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4399638/posts

RIP.

[PAR35]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4399638/posts

[PAR35]

Beat me by 9 seconds.

[Bob Wills is still the king]

Hopefully, the priest was saying prayers when the crucifix fell on him like a hammer.

[Bullish]

Well that’s one for the ages.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Very bizarre and very suspicious. By some chance, was Hillary Clinton there?

[Beowulf9]

First article I saw said his sermon was about the spontaneity of death.

I don’t know if that’s true but if it is...!

[fruser1]

If he had been doing a Latin Mass, he would’ve seen it coming.

[yldstrk]

Beat me by 9 seconds.
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Y’all want to explain to me why so eager to jump on people that the story has been posted? Big deal. Big effing deal. Is that some kind of crime?

[jerod]

Arkanside strikes again...

It is rather bizarre but sh*te does happen. Wrong place, wrong time and of course... The priest had nothing to do with his own misfortune, so this doesn’t qualify for a Darwin award.

[ConservaTexan]

The tragedy has since sparked questions about how such a large object could fall during a religious service.

I'll go out on a limb and say, "Gravity."

[caltaxed]

No Darwin Award unless he was responsible for mounting the crucifix.

It looks like they failed to fasten it to the wall studs.

[Jamestown1630]

Some people believe there is no such thing as chance or coincidence, and that everything has meaning.

That’s certainly possible; but I’m not sure I believe that Creation is that ‘perfect’. Maybe sometimes there’s a glitch and $hit just happens...

[PAR35]

Some folks don’t like to have to repeat their comments on multiple threads, so cross linking gives access to more responses.

[yldstrk]

Where’s the rule say you have to repeat your comments?

[scrabblehack]

i’m guessing he had no plans to reproduce.

[Steve_Seattle1]

The Catholic church I sometimes attend has a large crucifix suspended above the altar.

[Jamestown1630]

LOL

(But who knows what might have happened, had he lived...)

[Hildy]

The video is horrible. So sad.