Priest Assaulted, Robbed At Gunpoint, Outside Of St. Leo’s Roman Catholic Church

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A clergyman was assaulted and robbed astatine gunpoint extracurricular a Little Italy religion Friday afternoon.

Father Bernie Carman of St. Leo’s Roman Catholic Church has bruises and scrapes, but is doing good tonight. His parishioners are acrophobic for him, particularly since helium has different wellness issues.

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The clergyman is waiting for a caller kidney and conscionable had country to hole him for dialysis.

“I did deliberation to myself, close successful that moment, ‘Oh god, helium could sprout me,’” Carman said. “He could occurrence this thing.”

Baltimore Police said the onslaught happened conscionable earlier 4:00 p.m. Friday afternoon.

Father Carman said was getting retired of his car successful beforehand of the religion erstwhile a antheral helium doesn’t cognize came up to him.

“(He) ran implicit to maine and said, ‘Give maine your wallet,’” Father Carman said. “I said, ‘No.’ He pulled retired a gun. He benignant of kept it adjacent to him.”

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Father Carman said the antheral deed him connected the broadside of the caput with his gun, past a pistillate came and stole his telephone and the antheral took his wallet. He said portion it happened, helium fell to the crushed and deed his caput connected a partition extracurricular the church.

“I deliberation the afloat effects of it are conscionable coming done due to the fact that Sunday night, each of sudden, I felt highly tired,” Father Carman said.

His parishioners can’t judge it happened.

“It does upset maine precise overmuch due to the fact that Father Bernie is simply a bully antheral who does overmuch bully successful the world,” parishioner Marie Rippey said. ”We commune for him and present we person this to commune for, too.”

Father Carman said helium holds nary sick volition for his attackers. He conscionable wants them to marque amended choices.

“How astir considering a alteration of life?” Father Carman said. “How astir a antithetic career? Because I deliberation it would be, successful the end, overmuch better.”

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Police person not made immoderate arrests successful the lawsuit yet. They judge the antheral and pistillate progressive are successful their 20’s.

Jessica Albert