Grimm said he’s horrified by beheading of priest in Syria
US Rep. Michael Grimm said he was shocked and horrified by the recent assassination of a Catholic priest in war-torn Syria and warned that the Obama Administration had better be careful of which elements of the rebel forces it aids.
The Rev. Francois Murad, a 49-year-old Franciscan, was beheaded on June 23 in northern Syria where he had been setting up a monastery. The group responsible is reported to be Jabhat al-Nusra, a designated terrorist organization with links to Al-Qaeda, Grimm said. The Vatican confirmed the priest’s death on June 24.
“The beheading of a Catholic priest in Syria is a horrifying atrocity,” said Grimm (R-C-Brooklyn-Staten Island), who is Catholic.