Senior Citizen assaulted at Church on Christmas!

26 December 2008, 4:04 pm

By Sabrina Wartnaby 

 

A sixty nine year old man was robbed and assaulted at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in College Park, Maryland. 

 

The gentleman dropped his wife off for choir practice in preparation for Christmas Mass. The man was then approached by a thief who robbed him and beat him with a baseball bat.

 

His body was found in the parking lot and taken to the hospital.  He remains at the hospital and is in critical condition, according to a church spokeswoman.

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