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‘Senseless Act Of Aggression’: Catholic Attacked During Mass In Philadelphia

Jon Brown
‘Senseless Act Of Aggression’: Catholic Attacked During Mass In Philadelphia
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The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is working with the Philadelphia Police Department to identify a woman who hit a female lector in the face during a Sunday morning Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul.

Rev. Dennis Gill said that the church contacted authorities immediately after the incident, according to local ABC affiliate WPVI. The video of the Mass, which was live-streamed on Facebook, depicts a woman smacking another woman who had just read from the scripture.

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