Jerusalem Latin patriarchate cleric calls Israeli attack on nun ‘despicable and extremely serious’

The vicar general of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem on Friday called an Israeli extremist’s assault on a French nun “extremely serious and despicable,” Anadolu reports. On Wednesday, a 36-year-old Israeli man was arrested after assaulting a nun in East Jerusalem, according to Israeli police, in an attack they called “racially motivated.” Bishop William Shomali told Anadolu he had watched video footage of the incident, describing it as “painful, alarming and extremely serious.” “The nun is physically frail. The attacker shoved her forcefully from behind, causing her to fall to the ground after her head struck a raised stone tile. He then returned and stepped on her. A young Israeli man of Russian origin intervened and pulled him away, though his […]