Disturbing Footage: Priest Stabbed During Televised Mass

By Fox News. A Catholic priest was stabbed several times while leading mass on Friday morning in Montreal.

Rev. Claude Grou, the rector at St. Joseph’s Oratory, had just finished a reading around 8:40 am when a man rushed towards him with a knife and stabbed him in his upper body.

The attack at the landmark church was captured on a livestream and television, as the mass was being broadcast to the Catholic channel Salt + Light. . .

Footage from the incident shows a tall man wearing a white baseball cap approach the altar and stab Grou as he falls to the ground. Security and what appears to be other members of the parrish then step forward, encircling the attacker, who stands with his hands at his sides. Grou quickly stood up and didn’t appear in pain.

Grou suffered only superficial wounds and is expected to make a full recovery. The diocese of Montreal tweeted that he was in stable condition, and that “all of our prayers are with him.” (Read more from “Disturbing Footage: Priest Stabbed During Televised Mass” HERE)

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Priest Stabbed During Morning Mass at Montreal’s Saint Joseph’s Oratory

By CBC. A priest at Montreal’s renowned Saint Joseph’s Oratory was stabbed in the chest Friday while delivering morning mass, shocking parishioners and those watching a live stream of the service from home.

The suspect was quickly wrestled to the floor by security guards after stabbing Father Claude Grou, rector of the oratory. The priest was taken away by ambulance with minor injuries to his upper body.

“I saw this man coming quickly and taking his knife out and going straight for Père Grou,” recounted Adèle Plamondon, who was just finishing the day’s reading when the man rose from the pew.

“It was obvious what his intentions were. So, I left screaming to alert the security.” (Read more from “Priest Stabbed During Morning Mass at Montreal’s Saint Joseph’s Oratory” HERE)

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