Sydney church leaders ask for prayers for ‘perpetrator’ following attack which left… [Video]

16 April 2024, 11:00 | Updated: 16 April 2024, 11:23

A church in Sydney has asked for prayers for the ‘perpetrator’ after a ‘terrorist act’ left a prominent bishop in hospital and others injured.

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was delivering a sermon at Christ the Good Shephed Church on Monday when he was attacked by a lone knifeman.

The church said the bishop is receiving treatment at hospital his condition “by God’s divine grace and your prayers, is stable and improving”.

They added they have been “inundated” with messages of support following the stabbing.

The attack was captured on a YouTube livestream and shared across social media.

The church said as footage of the attack spread, it was “inundated with messages, flooded with onlookers, and visits from thousands of locals who came in support of the Bishop.”

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