Transsexual arrested at Mass in Italy

Italian police in Milan detained a Brazilian transsexual on July 26 after he stripped naked in front of the altar during Mass and attacked the priest who was celebrating the Mass. The attacked occured at St. Babila parish at a Sunday morning liturgy.

According to media reports, the subject entered the church and approached the altar, where he stripped naked. “Afterwards he took a pole used by the sacristan to close doors and approached the celebrating priest. Several people in congregation tried to stop him, and the man went to the baptismal chapel and began striking a commemorative plaque full of money, which he tried to steal. Police arrested the Brazilian and charged him with theft, property damage, public disruption, and resisting arrest.