Archbishop survives knife attack.Castries -- Archbishop Kelvin Felix Kelvin Edward Felix, is the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries. He was born in Roseau, Dominica on February 15, 1933.[1] He was ordained into the Catholic priesthood in 1956. , head of the Catholic Church on this small Caribbean island, was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant April 12, 2006, as he was leaving his cathedral in the capital Castries. A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. . The man's knife, aimed at the archbishop's throat, glanced off his clerical collar clerical collar n. A stiff white collar in the shape of a band fastened at the back of the neck, worn by certain members of the Christian clergy. , thus saving his life. Shaken but not injured, Archbishop Felix thought the assault may have been caused by anti-Catholic hatred preached on radio by other religious organizations on the island. This is the second violent attack in five years on St. Lucia. On Christmas Eve, 2000, a deliberately set church fire caused the immediate death of Irish nun Sister Teresa Egan, and the death of the parish priest Parish priest may refer to
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