Burglar attacks Connellsville priest at Immaculate Conception
A Roman Catholic priest at Immaculate Conception Church was assaulted when he apparently walked in on a burglary in progress at the Connellsville rectory last week, a church spokesman said today. The Rev. Joseph Bonafed was treated and released at Highlands Hospital in Connellsville after he was struck on the head with a blunt object sometime Wednesday
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Reverend at dueling deacons’ church suspended from pastoral duties
The sun shines brightly over Wesley Grove United Church of Christ, but there is a storm brewing behind the church doors. The pastor of Wesley Grove United Church of Christ in Newport News has been suspended from his pastoral duties. It happened after the church failed to act when a deacon allegedly
Purse Snatcher Targets Cordova Church
(Cordova 3/1/2010) Memphis Police are searching for a purse snatcher targeting women at Saint Francis of Assisi Church in Cordova. So far, he's struck three times in the past two weeks. "People have this idea, I go to church, church is safe," said Msgr. Peter Buchignani. The victims
Mason officer struck while directing church traffic
MASON — Mason police now have a description of a woman who hit a Mason police officer while he directed traffic at St. Susanna Catholic Church over the weekend. Officer Scott Miller of Fairfield Twp. is recovering at home after being struck by a vehicle attempting to go around him as he directed
Rabbi David Yosef Attacked in Mexico
(IsraelNN.com) Israeli rabbi, Rabbi David Yosef, son of former Chief Sephardic Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, was attacked in Mexico City on Saturday night. The anti-Semitic attack occurred as the rabbi walked near the Shaarei Shalom synagogue in the city. The attackers approached the rabbi in a vehicle and began
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Day care worker at Suffolk church admits assaulting child
A day care worker accused of striking, slapping and sitting on a child at First Baptist day care in November pleaded guilty Thursday in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. Ila Howell, in a plea bargain, pleaded guilty to three counts of misdemeanor simple assault. She was 22 at the time of the assaults
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Deacon says he was fired for speaking out about being threatened with knife at church
Newport News, Va. – A deacon says another church member pulled a knife on him. Now, he says he was fired for telling his story to NewsChannel 3. Deacon Isaiah Smith says he was threatened with a switchblade at church by fellow deacon, Hurley Jones. "I'm uncomfortable, very, very much
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Newport News church deacon accused of pulling knife out, threatening fellow deacon
Newport News, Va. – NewsChannel 3 has uncovered an arrest warrant accusing a church deacon of raising a knife against a fellow church member. Deacon Hurley Jones of Wesley Grove United Church of Christ is accused of pulling a knife out and threatening another deacon. Deacon Isaiah Smith, Jr.
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Lakewood man gets eight-year jail term for attacking rabbi with bat
TOMS RIVER — A judge on Friday sentenced a 39-year-old Lakewood man to eight years in prison for a senseless, unprovoked baseball-bat attack on a rabbi, despite pleas from the defendant's attorney that his client needs psychiatric help instead of prison. "This was an unprovoked, senseless
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Deacon at Newport News church allegedly pulled knife
NEWPORT NEWS — It started with a parking space. One deacon entered the parking lot the wrong way, and another one corrected him. During church that Sunday, Hurley Jones Jr. and Isaiah Smith Jr. sat beside each other at Wesley Grove United Church of Christ. No harm seemed to be done after Smith
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Robber returns scriptures, steals car during assault at church
SALT LAKE CITY — A 90-year-old woman was assaulted and her car stolen Sunday as she was loading up her walker following her church services, police said. The woman was leaving an LDS meetinghouse at 1445 S. 2200 East just before 4 p.m. when she was approached by a man who demanded her purse, Salt
Suffolk pastor assaulted
Suffolk Police are searching for a suspect in the attempted robbery and assault of a local pastor. Just after 5 p.m. Tuesday, the pastor of Providence United Methodist Church, in the 3100 block of Providence Road, was in her church when a white man knocked on the door. The man told the pastor he “needed
Man assaults brother in church
A man allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill his brother with a knife at the Bangladeshi Church in Garapan Sunday night. Alam Gir Mollah, 34, was arrested at the church for assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery. A $6,000 cash bail was imposed for his temporary liberty. The victim
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Lakewood man, 39, pleads guilty to assaulting rabbi with baseball bat
TOMS RIVER — A 39-year-old Lakewood man on Monday pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in a random baseball-bat attack on a rabbi that sparked widespread attention in Lakewood's Orthodox Jewish community. Lee Tucker Jr. of Ventura Drive admitted to Superior Court Judge Francis R. Hodgson that
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Sex offender charged with assaulting elderly woman at a rural church
A convicted sex offender has been charged with beating and sexually assaulting a elderly woman as she gave him a tour of a rural Kandiyohi County church last month. According to charges filed Monday, Lindon Roy Knutson, 61, left the 73-year-old victim bloodied on the ground outside the Crow River Church
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