The Bishop stabbed during a religion sermon successful Sydney's westbound connected Monday was warned of a imaginable menace connected his beingness successful the weeks starring up to the incident.
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed astatine the Christ the Good Shepherd Church successful Wakeley - an incidental broadcast connected the church's livestream.
His alleged attacker, a 15-year-old lad dressed successful all-black, was seen approaching and stabbing the bishop aggregate times to the caput and precocious assemblage astatine the altar arsenic parishioners screamed and ran to the cleric's aid.
In February, Bishop Mar Mari delivered a sermon wherever helium spoke astir a societal media video informing of his death.
'There's been a video circulating connected TikTok and I don't cognize wherever else, saying that the bishop has 2 weeks to live,' helium says successful the video.
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed astatine the Christ the Good Shepherd Church successful Wakeley - an incidental broadcast connected the church's livestream (pictured)
A 15-year-old lad known to constabulary has been arrested implicit the incidental (he is pictured being held down by astatine slightest 3 people earlier constabulary arrived astatine the scene)
'Somebody say, "farewell bishop, and we are truly bittersweet to spot you go".
'Look, I was highly excited erstwhile I heard that I person 2 weeks to live. Because I don't privation to enactment successful this world. For me, it's over.
'Whether I enactment oregon not, that doesn't matter, really. I've had my stock of this world. And I commune that the Lord takes maine contiguous earlier tomorrow, I privation to beryllium with him.'
Bishop Mar Mari said that if helium died, it would not beryllium an 'escape' oregon 'running away'.
'I'm saying it with assurance successful the Lord Jesus, I emotion you, Lord, and I take you. Any clip of the day, each time long, to beryllium with you. I don't attraction astir the satellite and immoderate the satellite gives,' helium said.
'Thank the idiosyncratic who did this video. Thank you truthful much. I didn't cognize that I was dying successful 2 weeks. I'm not definite if I volition spell successful 2 weeks' time; possibly I don't know,' helium said earlier brushing disconnected immoderate insinuation helium was battling wellness issues.
'As acold arsenic I'm concerned, I don't deliberation I americium sick, and I'm dying.'
The video concluded with the Bishop saying: 'Some of them heard and said 'Yes, yet we getting escaped of this aged Bishop.'
'Sorry, guys. I'm inactive sitting connected your heart,' helium laughed.
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