CNA Staff, Oct 30, 2023 / 15:48 pm
An assault at a San Francisco Catholic church on Sunday led to a police pursuit that reportedly included the possible use of a pipe bomb.
The San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA), a local police union, said on X on Sunday evening that there had been an “assault at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in North Beach.”
“Responding officers encountered a suspect with an improvised device,” the SFPOA said. “A pursuit occurred.” The suspect was subsequently “apprehended by [the San Francisco Police Department] in another county.”
Archdiocesan spokesman Peter Marlow told CNA on Monday that the incident began after an individual received Communion but did not consume the host.