HAMBURGO VELHO, Brazil, APRIL 3, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The pastor of the church of Our Lady of Mercy in Hamburgo Velho, Brazil, was shot in the face last Wednesday in an attack at the parish.
Monsignor Inácio José Schuster, 41, the vicar general of the Diocese of Novo Hamburgo, is in stable condition in a local hospital.
According to information provided by the diocese, he continues to be on sedatives because of the gravity of the wounds, but is not in danger of death. He underwent surgery on Saturday.
The shooting appears to have happened when the would-be thief, a young man about 20 years old, got nervous and fired at the priest before fleeing the scene without taking anything.
