Cosenza, parish priest denounces the sale during the homily and is attacked on the churchyard after Mass. The bishop: "We are shaken"

Priest attacked after anti-drug sermon - General News

A parish priest was attacked after Sunday Mass near Cosenza in Calabria, the home of the 'Ndrangheta mafia, after preaching against drugs in his homily, the diocese said Tuesday. (ANSA)

He had reported drug dealing in the village of Bonifati, in the province of Cosenza. And he had done it, in recent days, from the pulpit of his church in one of his homilies during the Holy Week celebrations. For this reason, Don Guido Quintieri, the parish priest of Bonifati, was attacked in the churchyard at the end of Mass. The episode was reported by Bishop Stefano Rega who, in a press release from the diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, …

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