Kamloops, Canada, Oct 26, 2010 / 00:57 am
The Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, remains hospitalized after suffering severe head trauma in a beating at the rectory of Sacred Heart Cathedral on October 22.
Police arrested a 30-year-old man, suspected of breaking out of a psychiatric ward and making his way to the nearby cathedral, where he is thought to have assaulted the bishop with a blunt object.
Monsignor Jerry Desmond, Vicar General of the Diocese of Kamloops, told CNA that Bishop David Monroe was “resting comfortably” and showing signs of “healing” from his head injuries.
The monsignor reported that he had administered the Anointing of the Sick to Bishop Monroe immediately after his hospitalization in an emergency ward, and noted that the bishop was regaining “some recognition and some speech” after being released from emergency care to a “step-down” unit.