Priest killed by falling crucifix during live streamed Mass - CNN
A priest named Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari was killed during a live-streamed Mass in Guayaquil, Ecuador. A large wooden crucifix fell from the altar and struck him on the head.
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A priest has been killed by a falling crucifix at a church in Ecuador as he performed a mass that was being live streamed online. Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari died on Saturday at the Perpetuo Socorro church in the city of Guayaquil, southern Ecuador, according to a statement from the city’s archdiocese, published on Facebook on Monday. Video of the incident shows Sánchez leading the mass when a large wooden cross that was standing on the altar behind him falls over and hits him on the head.
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