Catholic priests are increasingly becoming targets of attacks by thugs.
Only a number of weeks ago, a man motivated by anti clerical sentiment set fire to a priest’s house in Kildare.
The same county saw a fire on the grounds of Saint Brigid’s Cathedral during the same week.
In the latest attack, two priests in County Louth were attacked by a gang with axes who stole from them.
Fr. Vinod Kurian described the experience as ‘very upsetting’.
The two priests were threatened with hammers and eventually sprayed with bleach by the assailants.
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