A fire broke out at a Monroeville church rectory overnight. The building, behind Christ the Divine Shepherd Church, went up in flames around 12:30 a.m. in the 200 block of Azalea Drive in Monroeville. A Channel 11 photographer captured video of heavy damage to the roof. There’s no word yet on if anyone was injured […]
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Crook impersonates priest, steals $900 from rectory bedroom at Queens church
A burglar posing as a visiting priest fleeced a real holy man of nearly $1,000 at a Queens church, police said Tuesday. The thief targeted the 63-year-old priest at the American Martyrs Roman Catholic Church on Bell Blvd. near Union Turnpike in Hollis Hills around 12:20 p.m. Sunday, according to cops. The crook told the […]
Fatal stabbing of Catholic priest in church rectory shocks small Nebraska community he served
FORT CALHOUN, Neb. — The fatal stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived has shocked members of the small eastern Nebraska parish he led for the past 11 years. The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell was attacked during a break-in early Sunday morning, and the 65-year-old died despite being rushed to a […]