Police say an elderly Catholic priest was assaulted, doused in wine and then hit on the head with the wine bottle inside a Delaware church.
News outlets report that New Castle County police say Resurrection Parish employees found a man punching and kicking Rev. William Graney in his office Monday. The man pushed others aside and sprayed a can of compressed air into the priest's mouth after attacking him with the bottle.
Employees lured him outside promising a ride and money, then locked him out. He eventually fled on a skateboard, but was arrested after a struggle and hospitalized. Police identified the alleged attacker as 25-year-old Joshua August.
Police say Graney was hospitalized in stable condition. Catholic Diocese of Wilmington spokesman Robert Krebs says a staffer suffered minor injuries.
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