Parish Priest escapes bombing of Iraqi Church

BY JOHN PONTIFEX 16/8/2011 Another church in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk has been bombed bringing the tally to three within less than two weeks. No one was hurt in the explosion yesterday at St Ephrem’s Syrian Orthodox Church at 1.30am local time. Parish priest Fr Gewargis Elias was lucky to escape with his life when security staff spotted a vehicle carrying suspicious devices and ordered him out of the church of just minutes before the blast