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SINGAPORE: A priest at a Catholic church was injured following an incident on Saturday evening (Nov 9). CNA understands it was a knife attack. The incident took place at St Joseph's Church, located along Upper Bukit Timah between Cashew and Hillview MRT stations. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told CNA it received a call for assistance at 6.30pm from 620 Upper Bukit Timah, the address of the church. An SCDF team sent one person, understood to be the priest, to National University Hospital. When CNA arrived at the church at about 7.50pm, at least eight police vehicles and 20 officers were seen on the church premises. Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong condemned the attack. "Such violence, of any form and for any reason, has absolutely no place in Singapore, let alone at a place of worship. The relevant authorities will investigate this incident and address it appropriately," said Mr Tong in a Facebook post at 8pm. One person who attended the mass said he was near the back of the hall when the incident happened. The man, who declined to be named, said an announcement was made asking parishioners to sit down and remain calm, and informing them that an ambulance had been called. Parishioners were told not to drive out so that they would not block the way of the ambulance, he said. They were also asked to pray for Father Christopher, he added. He was still unsure of what had happened until he saw many police officers arriving and heard the term “assailant” being used. Later, he spoke to some parishioners who were seated nearer the front. They said there was some commotion, and that the priest stepped back but was stabbed near his mouth. The parishioner who spoke to CNA said he stayed in the church to pray, but was asked by police officers to leave the area outside the service hall. This is a developing story. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/st-josephs-church-upper-bukit-timah-priest-knife-attack-4737936

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Father Tim Jones -- a parish priest in York, England who advised vulnerable people to shoplift -- has defended his remarks, arguing that those abandoned by society often had no choice but to turn to crime. LONDON (AFP) -

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNew...207-120077.html Priest expelled over remarks Sat, Feb 07, 2009 AFP ROME, ITALY - An ultra-conservative Roman Catholic society that has come under fire over a member's denial of the Holocaust said on Friday it had expelled another priest who cast doubt on Nazi gas chambers. The decision by the Italian chapter of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X to cut ties with Floriano Abrahamowicz came a week after the priest criticised the Vatican and said gas chambers were used for 'disinfecting.' 'For some time Don Floriano Abrahamowicz has expressed positions different that those of the Fraternity Saint Pius X,' the group said in a statement. 'The decision to expel him, as painful as it is, has become necessary to avoid a further deterioration of the image of the fraternity and so that its work on behalf of the church is not hurt,' it said. In an interview published last week, Mr Abrahamowicz told the daily La Tribuna di Treviso: 'I know that gas chambers existed at least for disinfecting but I can't say whether they caused deaths because I haven't explored the question in depth.' Abrahamowicz, who was responsible for the society's activities in northeastern Italy, also denounced the 1960s Vatican II reforms as 'worse than heresy.' His remarks came amid a spiraling diplomatic row over Pope Benedict XVI's decision to rescind the excommunication of Richard Williamson, a British-born bishop and fellow Saint Pius member. Following the outcry, the Vatican said on Wednesday Mr Williamson must 'unequivocally and publicly' change his views before he can be admitted to office in the Roman Catholic Church Personally I think, the priest personal believe that there was no gas chamber has nothing to do with religion yet he was expelled from the organisation.