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Machete attack leaves Louisiana priest in critical condition, investigated as possible hate crime
July 17, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: Father Stephen Ugwu, an African priest who ministers in the Diocese of Lafayette (LA), was attacked on the grounds of his church in Melville, a town of 1,000. The suspect said that he wanted to chop off the head of a black man, according to the local police chief.
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