Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel makes his first comments from hospital where he is being treated
The 53-year-old bishop has been in hospital since he was allegedly stabbed by a 16-year-old boy during a livestreamed service at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley on Monday evening.
The church on Thursday released an audio statement from Emmanuel in which the bishop, speaking from his hospital bed, said he was recovering well and that he was praying for his alleged attacker. “The Lord Jesus never taught us to fight, the Lord Jesus never taught us to retaliate, the Lord Jesus never said to us ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’.”
Emmanuel, who has a popular online presence and a large following, has previously criticised Islam and the prophet Muhammad in public sermons.
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