Hooded men attacked a Eucharistic adoration chapel in Mexico on Holy Saturday morning, assaulting worshippers, stealing their belongings and making off with a ciborium containing consecrated hosts.
The attack took place at the chapel of San Lucas Cuauhtelulpan in the Diocese of Tlaxcala on April 4. The perpetrators threatened and beat the faithful who were maintaining the adoration vigil before stripping them of their personal possessions.
Bishop Julio Salcedo Aquino issued a statement condemning the incident in the strongest terms. "We deplore this incident, above all for the lives and physical and spiritual well-being of the people who suffered this outrage," he said.
