Edmonton police are investigating after a group of elderly women, armed with canes, protected their parish priest from an unprovoked assault. 'They hit him with their canes'As Mironiuk struggled to breathe, parishioners responded with the only weapons they had at their disposal — their walking canes. Edmonton police confirmed that an investigation is ongoing, and that witnesses, armed with canes, helped scare off the alleged attacker. Rouleau was in the middle of a morning mass when a man rushed the altar, Turchansky said. In the Vermilion incident, the man who rushed the altar was not trying to harm the pastor but had been struggling with addictions issues and was seeking comfort.

Source: CBC News March 26, 2019 17:03 UTC