The bishop who was attacked in the Sydney church forgives the attacker

He forgave the perpetrator of the knife attack he received inside his church in Sydney, the bishop and in a video he uploaded today informed that he is better and recovering. “I'm fine, I'm recovering very quickly (…) there's no need to worry,” Bishop Mar Marie Emmanuel said in a video posted on YouTube, his first comments since Monday's attack. The bishop was stabbed in the head and chest on Monday night during a service at Christ The Good Shepherd Assyrian Church in Sydney's western suburbs. The attacker, a 16-year-old teenager, injured other worshipers who were there before he was arrested. He is now under guard in the same hospital as the bishop. “I forgive the one who did this act and I say to him 'you are my son,'” added Mar Marie Emmanuel. “I love you and will always pray for you. And whoever sent you to do this, I also forgive him,” he added. In the district of Wakely, where the church is located, […]
Source: News Beast

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