Maceio, Brazil, Aug 10, 2017 / 05:01 am
While preparing to travel to Mass on Saturday morning, Archbishop Antonio Muniz Fernandes of Maceio was robbed at gun point, along with a deacon and a caretaker at his residence.
"I was targeted by a gun, but the assailants didn't physically assault anyone. They took personal possessions and the little money that was in a wallet," Archbishop Muniz said, according to the website of the Archdiocese of Maceio.
"I'm fine and tranquil. It is normal for anyone who goes through this to be surprised, but thanks be to God nothing serious happened."
Archbishop Muniz was to be picked up at his house in the Farol neighborhood of the Brazilian city by Deacon Inaldo Pitta in order to celebrate Mass at Saint Goncalo parish. While the deacon was talking to the caretaker, three armed men approached them in a vehicle at around 5:40 am Aug. 5.