‘I Forgive Whoever Has Done This’: Stabbed Bishop Calls for Calm After Attack

‘I say to him, you’re my son. I love you. And I will always pray for you and whoever sent you to do this, I forgive them as well.’
‘I Forgive Whoever Has Done This’: Stabbed Bishop Calls for Calm After Attack
A member of NSW Forensic police is seen at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley on April 16, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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The Orthodox Christian bishop who was stabbed in the chest while conducting a livestream service in Western Sydney said he forgave the attacker and urged his followers to refrain from retaliation.

In his first public comments since the attack, Mar Mari Emmanuel, the Assyrian bishop of Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley, said he was “doing fine” and “recovering very quickly.”

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